Chili Pate
- Total Time
- 25 minutes plus weighting and refrigeration time (8-12 hrs)
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Ingredients
- 1tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2¼teaspoons cumin
- ½teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1½pounds very lean ground round of beef
- ¼pound kidney fat, coarsely chopped
- 3large cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- 1small onion, coarsely chopped
- 2teaspoons kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper to taste
- ½cup loosely packed coriander (cilantro) leaves
- 135-ounce can plum tomatoes, squeezed and drained thoroughly
- 1cup canned red beans, drained and rinsed, or home-prepared beans
Preparation
- Step 1
Stir oil, cumin and red pepper together in a 1-cup glass measure. Cook at 100 percent power in a high-power oven (see Micro Tip) for 1 minute 30 seconds. Remove from oven and set aside.
- Step 2
Place ground round, fat, garlic, onion, salt, pepper and reserved oil-spice mixture in a food processor. Process until onion is finely chopped. Add coriander and tomatoes and process until coriander is coarsely chopped. Scrape mixture into a bowl and stir in beans.
- Step 3
Place mixture in a loaf pan, 9 by 5 by 3 inches. Cover with microwave plastic wrap. Cook for 12 minutes. Pierce plastic to release steam.
- Step 4
Remove from oven and uncover. Cover with a towel for 10 minutes. Uncover and let stand until cool. Wrap pan tightly with foil or plastic wrap and place weight on the pate. Refrigerate for 8 to 12 hours. Uncover and unmold onto a plate. Cut into ¼-inch slices.
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Kidney fat?