Grace's Cookery Book
Grace's Cookery Book: Starters

Pork pate

  • 250g/8 oz fresh pork
  • 250g/8 oz fatty pork belly
  • 250g/8 oz chicken livers
  • 250g/8 oz chicken breast
  • Teaspoon of salt and pepper
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tablespoons cognac or rum
  • 3 or 4 rashers of bacon
  • Bay leaf
  • Sprigs of thyme



Chop or mince the meat together as finely as possible
Add the salt and pepper, raw egg, and cognac and mix well together
Pack into a fire-proof dish or terrine
Lay the bay leaf, sprigs of thyme and rashers of bacon on top
Cover with tin foil
Stand dish in a tin of hot water deep enough to come half way up the dish/terrine
Cook in a moderate oven (gas mark 4/350F) for 1 hour, removing the tinfoil for the last 20 mins