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FARMHOUSE PATE

Serves 8

FARMHOUSE PATE

Method

Line a 2lb (900g) loaf tin with foil and grease lightly. Process the livers, steak and pork, turn into a large bowl and mix with the herbs, seasoning, egg and the sherry. Line the loaf tin with bacon and fill with the mixture. Cover with foil and stand in the small roasting tin half filled with boiling water.

ROASTING OVEN: with the grid shelf on the floor of the oven and the cold plain shelf on the second set of runners, cook for about 1 3/4 hours.

BAKING OVEN: hang the tin on the third set of runners and cook for about 1 3/4 hours.

Leave to cool in the tin and chill well before turning out.

Ingredients

100g chicken livers

225g pigs liver

100g braising steak

350g belly of pork

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1 tablespoon chopped fresh mixed herbs or 1 teaspoon dried herbs

salt and freshly ground black pepper

1/4 teaspoon ground mace

1 small egg, beaten

1 tablespoon sherry

175g thin rashers of streaky bacon, rinded