Pate Chinois
A Canadian dinner made with beef. Ready in about 1 hour 1 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 31 minPrep (about)
- 30 minCook (about)
- 1 hr 1 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 8 oz ground beef Shopping tip: Ground beef (UK: minced beef). 80/20 or 85/15.
Fresh & other
- 2 cups potatoes
- 2 tbsp butter
- ¼ cup milk
- 1 onion
- 1 cup + 1 tbsp creamed corn
- to taste parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
Spices & seasonings (3): paprika, salt, pepper
- to taste paprika
- Dash salt
- Dash pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Cook the potatoes until they're very tender in a large pot of salted water.
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Drain.
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Coarsely crush your potatoes using at least 2 tbsp ( tablespoons) of butter with a masher.
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Purée with the milk with an electric mixer.
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Season with salt and pepper.
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Set aside.
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Turn the oven on to 375°F with the rack in the middle position.
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Brown the onion in the remaining butter in a large pan.
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Add the meat.
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Cook until golden.
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Season with salt and pepper.
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Take it off the heat.
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Lightly press your meat at bottom of 8-inch (8-inch) square baking dish.
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Cover using the corn and the mashed potatoes.
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Sprinkle with paprika and parsley.
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Bake for about 30 minutes.
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Finish cooking under the broiler.
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Let cool for 10 minutes.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.