Seafood Pate Recipes

EASY SHRIMP PATE

Steps:

• Beat cream cheese, butter and mayo with a fork.
• Process prawns finely and combine with other ingredients.
• Serve on diagonally sliced, toasted baguette.
• Keep warm in oven until ready to serve.

L'ERMITAGE'S TERRINE DE LANGOUSTINES (SHRIMP PATE)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Shell and devein langoustines. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Heat butter in large skillet and add langoustines. Cook, stirring, about a minute or just until langoustines lose raw look. Remove skillet from heat and sprinkle on Cognac.
• Shell and devein shrimp. Put uncooked shrimp in container of food processor and add salt, pepper and nutmeg. Start processing while gradually adding cream.
• Spoon and scrape pureed shrimp mixture into mixing bowl. Add cooked langoustines plus any pan liquid and blend.
• Butter 2-quart glass loaf pan (9 by 5 by 3 inches) and spoon and scrape mixture into it. Smooth over top. Cut out rectangle of wax paper that will fit neatly over mixture. Butter it and place it buttered side down over mixture. Cover closely with foil.
• Set baking dish in basin of simmering water and place in oven. Bake 1 hour 15 minutes. Remove from oven. Remove pate from water bath. Let cool to room temperature, then chill.
• Unmold and serve sliced with green sauce on the side.

SHRIMP PATE

Steps:

• Boil shrimp in shrimp boil mixture until cooked. Cool and peel shrimp. Combine first five pate ingredients in food processor. Then blend in shrimp, then the remaining ingredients a bit more coarse.

FESTIVE SEAFOOD SHARING PLATTER

Steps:

• For the pâté, blitz the trout, soft cheese, capers and mustard in a food processor, then season with salt, pepper and the lemon juice. Will keep covered in the fridge for up to two days. For the prawns, mix the soured cream, mayo, red onion, dill, lemon juice and hot sauce in a bowl, then toss in the prawns to coat. Will keep covered in the fridge for a day.
• Spoon the pâté into a small bowl and the prawns into another. Place these on a large platter with the gravadlax, smoked salmon, whole prawns, crackers, bread, blinis, lemon wedges and caperberries. Sprinkle over dill fronds, then serve.