Porcini Mushroom Pate

Wild mushrooms spread on toast will go down a treat as party finger food.

The ingredient of Porcini Mushroom Pate

• 15g dried porcini mushrooms
• 125ml 1 2 cup port
• 20ml 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 1 small onion finely chopped
• 2 garlic cloves crushed
• 300g mixed mushrooms such as swiss brown button and oyster sliced
• 1 tbsp chopped fresh thyme
• 20ml 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 50g cream cheese
• 2 tbsp chopped flat leaf parsley
• 1 sheet 5g leaf gelatine see note
• toasted turkish bread to serve

The Instruction of porcini mushroom pate

• place porcini mushrooms port and one cup of water in a saucepan bring to the boil then reduce heat to low and simmer for five minutes remove mushrooms and set them aside bring liquid to the boil again and boil for a further five minutes or until reduced to 2 3 cup of liquid meanwhile finely chop porcini mushrooms
• heat the olive oil and butter in a large frying pan add the onion and fry over medium heat for 2 3 minutes or until soft add the garlic reserved porcini and mixed mushrooms and the thyme and cook for a further 2 3 minutes add 1 2 cup of the port liquid reserve remaining liquid and the lemon juice and season well with salt and pepper continue cooking until all the liquid has been absorbed then set aside to cool
• once cool place the mushroom mixture in a food processor with the cream cheese and parsley process until almost smooth but with a little texture place the pate in a serving dish and refrigerate for 1 2 hour to chill
• once the pate has chilled place the gelatine leaf in a small bowl of cold water to soften heat the reserved port liquid until warm squeeze the excess water from the gelatine and add to the port then stir over low heat until the gelatine has completely dissolved
• allow to cool before carefully pouring the port jelly over the pate serve on turkish bread or crackers

Nutritions of Porcini Mushroom Pate

fatContent: n a
saturatedFatContent: n a
carbohydrateContent: n a
sugarContent: n a
fibreContent: n a
proteinContent: n a
cholesterolContent: n a
sodiumContent: n a

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