Hard Cooked Egg Pate Recipes

SIMPLY SARDINE PATE

Steps:

• Blend or process sardines, eggs, butter, mayo, lemon and mustard until smooth Stir in celery and scallions and chill.

CHICKEN LIVER PâTé

Steps:

• Hard-boil eggs and cool. Peel eggs and chill, covered, until ready to use. Trim chicken livers and pat dry between paper towels. Chop medium onions and garlic.
• In a large heavy skillet cook chopped onions and garlic in oil over moderate heat, stirring, until golden, about 10 minutes. Increase heat to moderately high and add chicken livers. Cook mixture, stirring occasionally, until livers are cooked through but still barely pink inside, 5 to 8 minutes. Transfer mixture to a bowl and cool.
• Finely chop enough of small onion to measure 1/3 cup and in a food processor pulse together with 2 hard-boiled eggs until well blended. Add liver mixture, Sherry or brandy, sugar, and salt and pepper to taste and blend until smooth. Transfer pâté to a small serving bowl and cool. Chill pâté, covered, at least 4 hours and up to 2 days.
• Just before serving, separate yolk and white from remaining hard-boiled egg and force them separately through a coarse sieve onto pâté.
• Serve pâté with toasts or crackers.

CHEAT'S CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• Separate livers from the gall bladders.
• Trim chicken livers of threads and gall and chop livers into 1 inch pieces.
• Fry onions and garlic in 250g butter until soft.
• Add the chicken liver pieces to the softened onions and fry until the livers are firm but still pink inside.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the chopped eggs and softened butter, brandy, ground cloves, salt and pepper to taste and mace.
• Then place in a food processor and blend until smooth.
• Adjust seasoning if required.
• Put the pate into your containers and pour a little melted butter on the top of the containers of pate to seal it.
• Put into the fridge until required.

QUICK AND EASY CHICKEN LIVER PATE

Steps:

• Melt butter in heavy sillet over medium heat.
• Add cleaned chicken livers and saute until tender, about 6-8 minutes. Cut ino quarters and cool.
• Save pan drippings.
• In a blender or food processor, combine liver pieces with the reserved pan drippings, onion, salt and pepper.
• Blend well for about 20 seconds.
• Optional: Blend in the hard boiled egg for a richer pate.
• Enjoy!