295 Gratin Forcemeat C

For Croûtons, Canapés, Small Game Birds and Duckling

Preparation info
  • To make

    1 kg

    forcemeat.
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Auguste Escoffier

Published 1903

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Ingredients

  • 300 g (11 oz) finely chopped fresh pork fat
  • 600 g (1

Method

Heat the pork fat in a shallow pan and add the liver with the seasoning and flavourings; fry quickly to stiffen the outside of the livers, leaving them underdone so as to give a pink colour to the resultant forcemeat. Allow to cool, pound in a mortar until smooth, pass through a fine sieve and place in a basin; mix together until smooth and keep in a cool place covered with a b