Vegetarian Pate Recipes

VEGETARIAN PATE

Steps:

• Place egg in a small saucepan, and cover with cold water. Bring water to a boil, and immediately remove from heat. Cover, and let egg stand in hot water for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove from hot water, cool, peel and chop.
• Heat oil in a skillet over low heat, and add chopped onion. Cook, stirring occasionally, until brown and tender. Add chopped garlic, and saute for 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the mixture from the skillet, and set aside to cool.
• In a blender or food processor, finely chop wheat crackers and walnuts. Mix in peas, seasoning salt and sauteed onion mixture. Add the egg, and blend to a fine paste, adding water or oil if necessary to attain desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

VEGETARIAN PATE

Steps:

• Fill a large bowl with ice and water; set aside. Place eggs in a medium saucepan with enough water to cover by 2 inches. Place over high heat; bring to a boil. Turn off heat; cover. Let stand for 12 minutes. Transfer eggs to ice bath to stop cooking. When eggs are cool, peel under cold running water, cut into quarters, and set aside. Let cooking water return to a boil; blanch string beans for 2 to 3 minutes. Transfer to ice bath to stop the cooking.
• Melt butter in a medium saute pan over medium heat. Add onion; cook until caramelized, 8 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat; cool to room temperature.
• Combine eggs, beans, walnuts, soy sauce, mayonnaise, and oil in bowl of a food processor. Pulse until finely chopped but not pureed. Stir in sauteed onion and chives; season with salt and pepper. Serve at room temperature with bread or crackers.

QUICK WHITE BEAN SPREAD (VEGAN PâTé)

Steps:

• Roughly chop the onion and garlic.
• Fry them in oil for a couple of minutes until lightly browned. When ready, throw both into a large mixing bowl.
• Drain and rinse the beans and place them in the bowl.
• Juice the lemon.
• Finally, add the lemon juice and rest of the ingredients and using a hand blender, give it all a good blend. Alternatively throw it all in a food processor instead. That's it! Serve as you like, hot wholemeal bread goes great.

VEGAN MUSHROOM & WALNUT PâTé

Steps:

• Toast the walnuts in a large dry skillet over medium heat. Keep a careful eye on them and shake the pan often as they can burn quickly. As soon as they start browning on the edges remove them from the heat. Remove the walnuts from the pan onto a heat-safe dish, or directly into your food processor if your food processor can handle hot food.
• Return the pan to the heat and add the olive oil. When hot add the onions and garlic and sauté until the onions soften and turn translucent about 4 minutes. Add in all the remaining ingredients, the mushrooms, parsley, rosemary, salt, and pepper and sauté until the mushrooms have cooked and reduced in size, another 5 - 8 minutes. If the mushrooms are sticking to the pan you can add a small splash of water to help release them. As the mushrooms cook they will release their own liquid.
• If your food processor can handle hot food, add the mushrooms to the food processor along with the walnuts. If not, just let the mushrooms and walnuts cool first. Pulse, stopping to scrape the sides as needed until you reach a pâté texture. I like to leave mine with a bit of texture and colour variation. Press into a container for serving using a spatula to smooth it, and let it chill completely in the fridge before serving.

VEGAN MUSHROOM PATE

Steps:

• Dice the onions, finely chop the garlic and chop the mushrooms.
• In a frying pan, heat the olive oil and then add the onions and fry for a couple of minutes until they are starting to turn translucent.
• Add the garlic, mushrooms, pepper and herbs.
• Continue to fry until the mushrooms have shrunk down and their liquid has evaporated. If the mushrooms are a bit dry, add a splash of water to start them off
• Remove from the heat, and stir in the soy or tamari sauce .
• In another pan, toast the walnuts over a medium high heat until they are golden brown. Stir frequently.
• When the nuts and mushroom mixture have cooled down enough, combine them in a blender. Blend whilst gradually adding a splash of water until you have a spreadable uniform texture. Scrape down the sides as needed The amount of water you need will vary, so start off slowly. If you have a high speed blender, you may not need to add any.
• Salt to taste and blend once again before serving.

AMAZINGLY DELICIOUS VEGAN MUSHROOM PâTé

Steps:

• Melt 2 tablespoons of vegan butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add the cremini mushrooms in an even layer.
• Cook the mushrooms for about 5 minutes, flip them, and cook them for about 5 minutes more, until tender and lightly browned on both sides.
• Remove the mushrooms from the skillet and transfer them to a plate
• Melt another 2 tablespoons of butter in the skillet.
• Add the oyster mushrooms in an even layer.
• Cook the oyster mushrooms for about 10 minutes, flipping them two to three times, until tender and browned in spots.
• Remove the oyster mushrooms from the skillet.
• Melt the remaining tablespoon of butter in the skillet.
• Add the shallot and cook it for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until soft and translucent.
• Add the garlic to the skillet and cook it for about 1 minute, until very fragrant.
• Add the sherry and thyme, and return the mushrooms to the skillet.
• Give everything a stir and bring the liquid to a simmer.
• Let the mixture simmer for about 5 minutes, until most of the liquid has cooked off, then remove the skillet from the burner.
• Let the mixture cool for a few minutes while you gather the remaining ingredients.
• Transfer the mushroom mixture to the bowl of a food processor fitted with an s-blade. Add the walnuts and truffle oil.
• Blend the mixture until it's as smooth as you like it - anywhere from coarse and chunky, to a very smooth paste.
• Season the pâté with salt and pepper.
• Serve immediately with bread and/or crackers, or chill for later. Garnish with fresh herbs, if desired.