Party Desserts Recipes - Country Combination Pate'

Ingredients

• 1 onion, chopped

• 1 clove garlic, crushed

• spring fresh thyme

• spring parsley

• spring fresh chervil

• 1/4 cup (60ml) butter

• 1/2 lb (225g) chicken livers, cleaned

• salt and pepper, to taste

• 1/4lb (110g) fat pork, roughly chopped

• 1/4 lb (110g) lean pork, roughly chopped

• 6 slices bacon

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Method:

1. Gently cook onion, garlic and herbs in butter for 1-2 minutes, then add livers diced into 3/4 inch (2cm) pieces, and cook gently for about 1 minute. Cool, then season and puree with pork.

2. Line a loaf pan with bacon slices and spoon in meat mixture, covering it with more slices of bacon. Stand pan in a baking dish half-full of water and bake at 350F (180C) for 1 hour. Cool, then refrigerate until firm.

3. When chilled, slice pate' and serve on lettuce leaves, accompanied by triangles of toast.