Chicken Heart Pâté

Submitted by Aguslawa

"What can I say - I just had that in mind for a long time."

 

• Ready In: 4hrs
• Ingredients: 8
• Serves: 20

ingredients

• 600 g chicken giblets (hearts)
• 2 large carrots
• 1 large parsnip
• 400 ml chickpeas (with the brine it's been canned in)
• 200 g chicken breasts
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons tomato concentrate
• 2 1⁄2 tablespoons lard
• 2 big onions

directions

1. Throw the hearts, diced chicken breast, chopped tomatoes, onion, carrots and parsnip into boiling water and let it all simmer for at least 30 minutes.
2. Take the lid off the pan and let the liquid reduce itself for about fiftenn minutes.
3. Sieve the mixture, trying not to loose the liquid - it makes great soup.
4. Put all the boiled ingredients into a large bowl (or back into the pan) and add lard, tomato concentrate and chickpea. Mix thoroughy with a spoon.
5. Set up the food processor and blend everything together until a fine paste is made. It should have the consistency of dumpling dough, if it's toothick add some broth or brine.
6. Put the paste into a cake tin and bake for about 1.5 hour in 250 degrees centigrade. Poke the pâté once in a while to check if it's ready.
7. When properly baked, take the pâté out of the tin and let it cool down. Serve in slices on a buttered toast.