With a simple and nutritious vegetarian pâté recipe, you’re sure to be “smitten” by the special flavor of this pâté dish. Let’s get cooking and prepare this irresistible vegetarian pâté!
1. Vegetarian pâté with tofu
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Preparation
2 hours
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Vegetarian pâté with tofu Serves 3
White tofu 1 piece Straw mushrooms 100 grams Shallots 1 bulb Almonds or Peanuts 20 grams Cashews 20 grams Walnuts 20 grams Cream 250 ml (Milk cream) Unsalted butter 100 grams Sandwich bread 1 slice Soy sauce 100 ml Sugar 10 grams Soy sauce 100 ml Cocoa powder 10 grams Vegetarian seasoning 20 grams Pepper 5 grams
How to make vegetarian pate with tofu
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Prepare the ingredients
Toast the almonds, cashews, and walnuts until cooked. If you buy pre-roasted nuts, you can skip this step.
Boil the white tofu (unfried tofu) in boiling water for 10 minutes until cooked. After that, wrap the tofu in a clean cloth and let it sit for at least 1 hour to drain and dry completely.
Once the tofu is drained, mash it with a spoon (not too finely as we will blend it later).
Clean the straw mushrooms, cut off the stems to remove the dirt. Then soak the mushrooms in diluted salt water for at least 15 minutes to clean off any dirt. After that, slice them thinly to prepare for stir-frying.
Cut the green onions by trimming the roots, wash them clean, then slice them into thin rounds.
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Stir-fry the mushrooms and blend the mixture
Place a pan on the stove, add 100ml of oil and heat it. Add the green onions and stir-fry until fragrant, then add the straw mushrooms to the pan. Use chopsticks to stir for about 5 minutes, then turn off the heat.
Next, add the ingredients to the blender in the following order: bread – cream – stir-fried mushroom mixture and oil – unsalted butter – mashed tofu – soy sauce – walnuts + cashews + almonds – all remaining spices. Then turn on the blender to puree the mixture.
Note: During blending, you should stir occasionally to ensure the mixture is blended evenly and smoothly!
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Steam vegan pate
Prepare two molds and line the bottom of the mold with a layer of plastic wrap. You can also use parchment paper instead of the plastic lining if you prefer. If you don’t have molds, you can use bowls as well.
Pour the mixture into 2/3 of the mold and use the excess plastic wrap to cover the top of the pate mold.
Note: Covering the top of the cake helps prevent steam from dripping onto the pate, which can cause a pitted surface.
Next, place the pate in a steaming basket and steam over medium heat for 30 – 45 minutes.
Note: This steaming time will help the bread in the pate mixture rise evenly.
After steaming, let the pate mold cool completely, then place it in the refrigerator for about 1 day to allow the pate to bond and have a firmer texture.
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Final product
The pate has the fragrant aroma of cocoa, various nuts blended with the rich flavor of butter and cream.
In the morning, a light piece of bread spread with a bit of fragrant, rich, nutritious pate is simply delightful, isn’t it?
Any leftover pate can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
2. Vegan pate with red beans
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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
55 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Vegetarian Pâté with Red Beans Serves 3
Oyster mushrooms 50 grams Button mushrooms 50 grams Chickpeas 100 grams Red beans 100 grams White beans 100 grams Onion 1/2 bulb Potato 1 piece Margarine 50 grams Cooking oil 3 tablespoons Soy sauce 2 tablespoons Vegetarian seasoning 2 teaspoons Brown sugar 1/2 teaspoon Ground pepper 1 teaspoon
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How to make Vegetarian Pâté with Red Beans
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Prepare the ingredients
For chickpeas, white beans, and red beans, you should soak them overnight for at least 8 hours or always for about 30 – 45 minutes to soften the beans. Then, drain the beans.
Clean the oyster mushrooms and button mushrooms, cutting off the stems to remove dirt. Then soak the mushrooms in dilute salt water for at least 15 minutes to clean off any remaining dirt. Use a knife to slice them thinly in preparation for frying.
Peel the potato, soak it in salt water to remove any dirt. Then boil the potato until cooked and cut it into small pieces. For the onion, peel, wash, and slice it thinly for quick frying.
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Sauté until cooked
Place a pan on the stove, add 3 tablespoons of oil and heat it. Add the chopped onion and sauté until fragrant, then add the oyster mushrooms and shiitake mushrooms to the pan. Use a spatula to stir-fry for about 5 minutes until the mushrooms are cooked.
Then, add the prepared chickpeas, red beans, and white beans to the pan, continuing to stir for about 1 minute. Next, season as follows: 2 tablespoons of soy sauce + 2 teaspoons of vegetarian seasoning + 1/2 teaspoon of brown sugar, gently stir and then add the boiled potatoes to the pan, stirring until the mixture is well combined.
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Blend the mixture
Next, add 50 grams of margarine to enhance the richness of the pate, stir gently. After turning off the heat, add 1 teaspoon of pepper to the pan.
Finally, put the sautéed mixture into a blender and press the blend button for 5 minutes to achieve a smooth and fine pate.
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Bake the vegetarian pate
Prepare a mold or bowl to pour the mixture into, spreading it evenly in the mold. Then bake the pate in the microwave at 160 degrees for 10 minutes.
After baking, let the pate mold cool completely and then place it in the refrigerator for about 2 hours for the pate to firm up and bind better.
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Final product
The pate has a delicious flavor thanks to the harmonious combination of mushrooms and various beans. You can enjoy the pate with bread, hot rice, or sticky rice, all of which are fantastic.
Any leftover pate can be stored in the refrigerator for up to 5 days.
- The quantity of each ingredient needs to be accurate for the final product to be beautiful, smooth, well-bound, and just right to eat. Therefore, you need to use measuring spoons and a small scale to measure the exact amount.
- The bread you need to choose is soft, plain sandwich bread to make the final product tastier.
- If you do not like straw mushrooms, you can replace them with snow mushrooms or tree mushrooms.
- You should not buy soft, overly soft tofu as it will not bind the pâté well.
- If you cannot find almonds, you can substitute them with peanuts.
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