Salmon Pate
- 1 slice bread
- 1 tablespoon butter, unsalted
- 1/2 cup onions diced
- 1/2 cup white wine dry
- 4 large eggs
- 3 each egg whites
- 1/2 pound whitefish
- 2 1/4 pounds salmon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon white pepper ground
- 1 teaspoon coriander ground
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg ground
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
- PREHEAT OVEN TO 325F (160C).
- 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 9x5x3 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.
bread, butter, onions, white wine, eggs, egg whites, whitefish, salmon, salt, white pepper, coriander ground, nutmeg ground, heavy whipping cream
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/salmon-pate-39893 (may not work)