Cretons

A sort of pate from Quebec, these cretons are easy to make and so good to share. One of your next favorite spreads.

Prep:
15
minutes
Cook:
70
minutes
TOtal:
325
minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 onion, finely diced
  • 1 clove of garlic
  • 225g of semi-lean ground pork
  • 1 cup of milk
  • ½ cup of white wine
  • ½ cup of chicken broth
  • 1 ¼ tsp of salt
  • ½ tsp of cayenne pepper
  • ½ cup quick oats
  • ¼ cup bread crumbs
  • 1 tsp duck fat or bacon fat
  • Pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. In a pan, heat the duck fat on medium heat and soften the onion and garlic for about 5 min.
  2. Add meat, milk, wine, stock, salt and cayenne pepper. Crumble and mix with a wooden spoon. Add pepper to taste.
  3. Cover and let simmer on low heat for 45min while mixing every so often.
  4. Add oats and bread crumbs and continue to cook uncover for about 15min or until no liquid remains in the pan. Modify the seasoning if needed.
  5. Transfer the cretons in a baking dish or another container
  6. Apply a plastic wrap directly on the surface of the pate. Let rest and cool then refrigerate for 4h or until the pate is completely cooled.