Smoked Bacon & Truffle Pate

While Quaglino’s chefs use pancetta for this dish you can use smoked streaky bacon. Its quality will determine how exceptional the end-product will be, and the fattier the bacon used in this dish the better. Supermarkets are making some effort in response to a growing public distaste for the bath-brined bacon and chemical flavourings of mass-production, but they still have a long way to go. When seasoning the pate, remember that the bacon may be very salty.