Pheasant Pate

Name: Pheasant Pate
Ingredients: 12 ounces meat pheasant; 2 pheasant breasts approx. 6 oz; 6 lard strips; 1 piece caul fat; 1 liver pheasant; 1 chicken liver; 1 black truffle coarsely chopped; 1 pound pork butt chopped fine; shallots tablespoon finely chopped; 1 teaspoon thyme leaves very finely chopped; 1 bay leaf crumbled; 1 teaspoon salt; black pepper fresh; 1 tablespoon cognac; 3 tablespoons dry white wine; 5 cups stock pheasant, or chicken stock; 1 leek finely chopped; 1 tablespoon parsley

18 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

12 ounces meat pheasant
2 pheasant breasts approx. 6 oz
6 lard strips
1 piece caul fat
1 liver pheasant
1 chicken liver
1 black truffle coarsely chopped
1 pound pork butt chopped fine
shallots tablespoon finely chopped
1 teaspoon thyme leaves very finely chopped
1 bay leaf crumbled
1 teaspoon salt
black pepper fresh
1 tablespoon cognac
3 tablespoons dry white wine
5 cups stock pheasant, or chicken stock
1 leek finely chopped
1 tablespoon parsley

Directions

1

In a food processor, mix the pheasant meat, (put aside the breasts), the pork butt, the shallots, thyme, bay leaves, leeks, parsley, salt, pepper, cognac and white wine. Put the mixture into a bowl and put the breast meat, livers and the truffle on top. Cover and set aside in the refrigerator for 4 days.
2

When you are ready to fill the terrine, chop the liver, truffles and the pheasant breasts to make it easier to spread them out into a layer in the pate.
3

Line the mould you have chosen for the pate with a piece of plastic wrap. Press it down into the corners of the mould. Then lay your caul fat over the inside of the wrap. Fill one third of the mould with the forcemeat. Then arrange half the lard, breast meat, livers and truffle in the middle. Add one third more forcemeat, then the remainder of the lard, breast meat, livers and truffles. Cover with the remainder of the forcemeat.
4

Fold the caul fat back over onto the pate. Cover the pate with tin foil and bake it in a Bain Marie in the oven for 2 hours, or until the internal temperature has reached 150 degrees Fahrenheit and a knife inserted in the middle comes out very hot.
5

Preheat the oven to 330 degrees Fahrenheit