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Hare Pate (pate de lievre)

Erken's hare pate from 1914: hare is browned with onion, celery, carrot, and bay, cooked tender in red wine and bouillon, the meat is picked off the bones and pureed with 125 g butter, thinned with hot stock and seasoned with red currant jelly, salt, and pepper. Filled into a greased mold, covered with melted butter, and aged cold for a couple of days before it is turned out.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 313 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

From the chapter "Poultry and Game" in Henriette Schonberg Erken's "Stor kokebok" (1914). Cold game pates belonged to the finer cold table, and Erken stresses that the pate must be made a couple of days in advance and stored cold - the era's answer to a refrigerator was the cellar or the storehouse.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Brown the hare

    Cut the cleaned hare into suitable pieces and brown them in 50 g butter together with the onion, celery, carrot, and bay leaf.

  2. 2

    Cook tender

    Add the red wine and bouillon, and let it cook until the meat is tender.

  3. 3

    Pick the meat

    Pick the meat off the bones right away, let it cool, and crush/puree it together with 125 g butter (mortar or food processor).

  4. 4

    Thin with the juices

    Add the hot stock a little at a time until the forcemeat is suitably firm. Stir the forcemeat completely smooth.

  5. 5

    Season

    Season with red currant jelly, salt, and pepper.

  6. 6

    Fill the mold

    Grease a mold, fill it with the forcemeat, and pour a couple of tablespoons of melted butter over.

  7. 7

    Aging

    The pate should be made a couple of days before use and kept cold. Dip the mold in water for a moment and turn the pate out before serving.

Changes from the original

Measurements are converted to modern units (g, dl). "Pounded" is modernized to crushed/pureed in a mortar or run in a food processor. Note that the original lists 50 g butter for browning in addition to the 125 g in the ingredient list; this is kept as a separate quantity. The method is divided into numbered steps.

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Til19141949Modernisert
1914 (korrekturlest, s. 313) → 1949 (korrekturlest, s. 346)~45% av teksten endretfjernetlagt til
(Pâté de liévre.) 1 hare 1 løk 1 skive selleri 1 gulerot 1 litet lite laurbærblad 1/2 l. ½ 1. rødvin 1 l. 1. buljong 125 gr. smør 1 spiseske ribsgelé spiseskje ripsgelé pepper salt. Den rensede hare deles op i passende stykker og brunes i 50 gr. smør tillikemed løk, selleri, gulerøtter og laurbærblad, tilsættes tilsettes rødvin og buljong buljong, og koker, koker til kjøttet er mørt. Kjøttet plukkes straks fra benene, avkjøles og støtes med 125 gr. smør; den varme sky tilsættes tilsettes litt efter litt, til farcen farsen er passe fast. Farcen Farsen røres fuldstændig fullstendig fin, tilsættes ribsgelé, tilsettes ripsgelé, salt og pepper. En form smøres, fyldes fylles med farcen, overheldes farsen, overhelles et par spiseskeer spiseskjeer smeltet smør. Posteien bør tillages et par dage, dager før den skal brukes; opbevares paa på et koldt sted. Vandes Varmes da et øieblik øieblikk og hvælves hvelves ut. Ragouten kan legges lagvis med kjøttfarse i form utforet med utkjevlet mørdeig; et lokk av deigen legges også over. Stekes i varm ovn 1 time. En sterk viltsaus serveres til.

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Frequently asked questions

Why should the pate be made a couple of days before serving?
The recipe recommends making the pate a couple of days before use, so that it can set and the flavor develop. It is kept cold, and the mold is dipped in water for a moment before the pate is turned out.
How do I get the forcemeat suitably firm?
The meat is picked from the bones right after cooking, cooled, and pounded with 125 g butter. Then the hot stock (the juices) is added a little at a time until the forcemeat is suitably firm, and stirred completely smooth.
What gives the pate its flavor?
The hare is browned in butter together with onion, celery, carrot, and a small bay leaf, and cooked tender in 1/2 l red wine and 1 l bouillon. Finally the forcemeat is seasoned with a tablespoon of red currant jelly, salt, and pepper.
How long does the recipe take?
Count on about 3 hours in total (source: Stor kokebok 1914, p. 313), serving 8 - plus the couple of days the pate should stand cold.

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