Chicken Pate Shaped as a Rat for New Year
Description
The recipe won't take much time. To achieve a smooth, tender pâté consistency, add broth in portions while blending. If you don't have broth, you can substitute cream. Serve warm or chilled.
Instructions
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Step 1
Prepare the necessary ingredients.
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Step 2
Chop the onion roughly, grate the carrot on a coarse grater. Sauté in a small amount of vegetable oil until cooked through.
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Step 3
Boil the chicken breast. Cool in the broth. Strain the broth.
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Step 4
Rinse the chicken liver, salt it, season with pepper, and dredge in flour.
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Step 5
Heat a small amount of vegetable oil and fry the liver over medium heat until cooked through.
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Step 6
Transfer the chicken fillet, sautéed vegetables, and sautéed liver into the blender bowl. Pulse until smooth. While blending, add the broth in small amounts. It will make the pâté smooth.
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Step 7
If your blender is large enough, add sour cream and soft butter to the mixture and blend again. In my case, the bowl is small, so I transferred the mixture to another container and blended it with an immersion blender.
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Step 8
Put the pâté in the refrigerator for an hour. Then prepare it for serving.
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Step 9
Transfer the chilled pâté onto plastic wrap. Wrap it and shape it into a teardrop.
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Step 10
Transfer the pâté to a serving platter, first removing the film. Finish decorating: use cloves for the eyes, make the ears and whiskers from fresh cucumber, and the nose from a tomato.
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Step 11
Place the pâté back in the refrigerator before serving.
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Step 12
And have a wonderful holiday!