Put the chicken livers, derinded bacon and pheasant fillets
through the meat grinder along with an onion and a few cloves
of garlic.
Season with dried thyme and dried parsley. Further season
with nutmeg, crushed juniper berries, clove powder, pepper
and salt. Add: a good dash of Cognac, the eggs, cream and
game stock. Mix until homogenous.
ingredients - info
250 gr chicken liver
250 gr unsalted bacon
500 gr pheasant fillets
onion
thyme
truffle
truffle oil
garlic
Cognac
3 eggs
25 cl game stock
25 cl cream
Cover the terrine with strips of bacon fat. Spoon in the meat
mixture, fold closed and press well. Wrap with aluminum foil.
Place the terrine in a hot water bath in an oven at 220°C for 1
hour. Make sure the water is already boiling when you slide
the bath with the terrine into the over. Let cool under weight.
Let rest overnight in a cool place.
Serve with homemade the compote of all the enumerated
ingredients. And with warm toasts of raisin bread.
Variant: you can, in a festive version, add a fine brunoise of
truffle and a dash of truffle oil to the meat mixture.
pheasant pâté with forest fruit compote
nutmeg
juniper
clove powder
pepper and salt
pieces of bacon fat
raisin bread
Compote:
forest fruit
sugar
crème de cassis