Salmon pate
16 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | slice | White bread |
1 | tablespoon | Unsalted butter |
½ | cup | Diced onion |
½ | cup | Dry white wine |
4 | Eggs | |
3 | Egg whites | |
½ | pounds | Whitefish |
2¼ | pounds | Salmon |
1 | teaspoon | Salt |
1 | teaspoon | Ground white pepper |
1 | teaspoon | Ground coriander |
¼ | teaspoon | Ground nutmeg |
½ | cup | Whipping cream |
Directions
PREHEAT OVEN TO 325F. Remove and discard the crust from the bread.
Tear the bread into pieces and set aside. Melt the butter in a skillet over medium heat on the stove, add the onions and cook, stirring for 5 minutes or until softened. Add the wine, bring to a boil and cook 1 minute. Add the bread and cook, stirring 5 minutes.
Scrape the mixture into a mixing bowl. Roughly cut the whitefish and salmon into 1-inch pieces and add to the bread in the mixing bowl.
Add the salt, pepper, coriander and nutmeg and mix. Place the mixture in a food processor and process until smooth. Or, fit a meat grinder with a medium die and grind the fish mixture twice. Transfer mixture to a mixing bowl and place bowl over a pan of ice water. Add the eggs and the whites and mix well. Slowly add the cream. Pack the mixture into a 9-by-5-by-3-inch glass, ceramic or metal loaf pan. Tap the pan on a counter to firmly pack. Cover tightly with a double layer of aluminum foil. Place loaf pan in a larger pan and fill with boiling water until it rises halfway to the top of the loaf pan. Place in the oven for 1 hour. Remove pate from oven and its water bath. Place loaf pan on a baking sheet. Cool for 1 hour. Refrigerate for at least 3 hours. To remove, run a knife around edges of the pate. Dip loaf pan in hot water for a minute. Turn out onto a plate. Serve with toast or crackers.
MICHAEL ROBERTS - PRODIGY GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK