Step-by-Step Guide to Make Favorite Mushroom and lentil pâté

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, mushroom and lentil pâté. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Mushroom and lentil pâté is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Mushroom and lentil pâté is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook mushroom and lentil pâté using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Mushroom and lentil pâté:

1. Prepare 250 g mushrooms (i used chestnut) chopped
2. Prepare 8-10 dried mushrooms soaked in warm water
3. Get 150 g red lentils
4. Prepare 2 bay leaves
5. Take 1 celery stick
6. Prepare 1 clove garlic finely chopped
7. Make ready 1 sprig thyme leaves
8. Take Half a packet of cooked chestnuts
9. Take 1/2 lemon zested and juiced
10. Make ready Seasoning
11. Get 2 tbsp olive oil (plus extra for frying)

Instructions to make Mushroom and lentil pâté:

1. Soak the dried mushrooms for at least 20 mins in warm water. Then drain the liquid into a jug (this is the start of your stock) squeezing the moisture out of the mushrooms. Finely chop the mushrooms set aside.
2. Top the jug of mushroom liquid up to 375ml and add to a saucepan with the bay leaves and lentils. Bring to the boil and then simmer for 15 minutes, until the lentils are cooked. Set aside to cool.
3. Meanwhile finely chop the onion, garlic and celery And gently fry off in a pan with the soaked mushrooms and thyme leaves. Then add the fresh mushrooms and fry until soft.
4. Once cooked, set aside to cool, before putting in a blender with the chestnuts. Blitz until finely chopped.
5. Then stir into the cooked lentils with the lemon zest, Lemon juice and 2 tbsp olive oil. Once mixed, put in the fridge to solidify slightly. Serve with whatever you fancy.

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