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How to make vegetable pate
VEGETABLE PATE RECIPE
Ingredients of vegetable pate for 4
- 100 g of mushrooms ( common mushrooms, pine mushrooms, common morels, caesar’s mushrooms, or any kind of mushroom).
- 1 medium onion
- 125 g of tofu (optionally fat curd cheese may be used)
- 25 g of watercress.
- 25 g of margarine.
- Leaves of wild violet. (Optional)
- Soy sauce.
- Black pepper.
How to prepare vegetable pate
Photo of vegetable pate
- Place margarine in a hot pan and stir until completely undone.
- Light the fire. Add the chopped onion and go on stirring over low heat for a couple of minutes.
- Cut the mushrooms and mash them well in a mortar.
- Pour the crushed mushrooms into the pan with onion and butter. Increase the heat and let it boil for a couple of minutes.
- Add the watercress and mix well for a minute.
- Place in a blender the tofu, a few drops of soy sauce and the mushroom mixture. Clean and cut violet leaves and mix with tofu and margarine. Mince well until forming a compact dough.
- Sprinkle a little black pepper. Stir well.
- Place the mixture in a clay pot and leave at room temperature for three hours until it becomes hard.
What is vegetable pate good for?
It is used as a starter, accompanied by brown bread rusks. It can be used to complete the breakfast, as a snack or as a mixture for afternoon snacks.
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This article was endorsed by Elisenda Carballido - Dietitian nutritionist. Postgraduate in Phytotherapy and master in Nutrition and Metabolism.
