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Turkey Pate
(Pronounced [pa-Tey] in French meaning "paste")
Hors D'Oeuvre
This is so easy!  Basically you just mix all the ingredients
together, bake, chill and serve!
It's best if it's made the day before it's served.

Preparation: 20 minutes
Cook: 1 hour 15 minutes
Chill: Minimum 4 hours (or overnight)
Serves 6 to 8 adults

Ingredients:

1 medium onion, finely chopped 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil or 1 tsp dried basil mixed with 1/4 cup chopped parsley
2 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence *(see note below)
1 cup bread crumbs 1/2 tsp black pepper
1/2 cup chopped black olives 1 1/2 lbs. ground turkey (2 lbs. if you choose to omit the ground pork)
1/4 cup milk 1/2 pound ground pork (may omit)
2 eggs Grated **zest of 1 small orange
*herbes de Provence is a mixture of dried thyme, basil,
fennel seed, rosemary, marjoram and lavender available
at many supermarkets and specialty stores in the U.S.
If it's not available, do what I do:
mix 1/4 tsp each of thyme, basil, rosemary and marjoram
with a pinch of ground fennel.
**zest: See below

Preparation:

1.  Preheat oven to 350F. In a medium bowl, combine onion, garlic, bread crumbs, chopped olives, milk, eggs, orange zest, basil, salt, herbes de Provence and pepper.  Add ground turkey and ground pork and mix well. Transfer to a lightly oiled 9x5x3-inch loaf pan. Cover tightly with foil.
2.  Bake for about 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a meat thermometer inserted in the center of the loaf (through the foil) reads 160F.  The old-fashioned way would be to use a clean broom straw inserted in the center and if it comes out clean, it's done - just like with a cake! Let it cool completely.
3.  Pour off juices, unmold pate, wrap completely in foil and refrigeratte at least 4 hours (or overnight).  Cut into slices to serve. This is supposed to be served cold.
**zest: the finely grated outside color of the orange.
Be careful NOT to include much of the white part, it's bitter.
A "zester" is the kitchen tool with which to "zest".
The actual zester is like small nails were driven
into a sheet of metal. The pointy side is the zester.
They come in various sizes and shapes.
My zester is a combination cheese grater/zester.  The zester portion is like a tiny grater.  Just run it over the outside of a clean orange.


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