Mushroom-bacon Party Pate

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 2 lbs fresh mushrooms, chopped very fine
• 1/2 lb bacon (or more, to taste)
• 2/3 cup onion, chopped very fine
• 2/3 cup celery, chopped very fine
• 4 eggs
• 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup fresh parsley, chopped very fine
• 2 cups dried breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1 tablespoon rosemary, dried
• 1 tablespoon oregano, dried
• 1/4 tablespoon ground black pepper

Recipe

• 1 fry the bacon and crumble it as fine as possible.
• 2 reserve some of the grease.
• 3 chop the mushrooms, onion, celery, and parsley as fine as possible.
• 4 a food processor works best, but you can do it by hand if need be.
• 5 saute the onion and the celery in the bacon grease until soft, then remove from the grease and drain.
• 6 meanwhile, beat the cream cheese slightly, and then beat in the eggs.
• 7 add all other ingredients to the egg/cheese mixture.
• 8 mix thoroughly.
• 9 grease a large loaf pan, line with foil, and then grease the foil.
• 10 pat the mixture into the loaf pan and cover loosely with foil.
• 11 bake for 1 1/2 hours at 400 degrees f.
• 12 let cool completely before serving.
• 13 this pate is actually best when refrigerated before serving.
• 14 serve with crackers or bread slices.