Gourmet Mushroom Pate

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 2 lbs mushrooms, cleaned and finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 3 egg yolks
• 1 tablespoon whipping cream or 1 tablespoon half-and-half cream

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet melt the butter over medium heat.
• 2 add mushrooms.
• 3 cook until the mushrooms are well browned and the liquid has cooked down (about 35 minutes).
• 4 stir in the lemon pepper.
• 5 thyme,cayenne& salt and remove from heat.
• 6 combine egg yolks with cream.
• 7 add 1/4 of the mushroom mixture to the egg yolks, stirring well.
• 8 combine yolk mixture with mushrooms in the skillet.
• 9 cook over low heat for 2-3 minutes.
• 10 remove from heat and pour into a 3 cup container.
• 11 chill& firm.
• 12 serve at room temperature with crackers or slices of french bread.