vegetarian mushroom pate
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- 6 hours chilling
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
oil+butter for frying
- 2 shallots
- 3garlic cloves
- 500g chestnut mushrooms
- 4 tbsp port optional
- 2 sprigs fresh tarragon
- 100g cooked chestnuts or hazelnuts if chestnuts unavailable
- 300g cream cheese
- salt+pepper
- bread to serve
Method
- STEP 1put oil+butter in a frying pan over medium heat, peel+finally chop shallots+garlic,add to pan cook for 3 minutes
- STEP 2Finely sliced mushrooms, add to pan with port if using and season with salt+pepper
- STEP 3turn up heat+cook for 8 mins or till mushrooms have softened and liquid has evaporated
- STEP 4roughly chop chestnuts,
- STEP 5tip mushrooms in food processor with chestnuts and some of the tarragon and cheese, blitz for a few minutes till smooth, divide into ramekins, place remainder of tarragon on top and chill
