Food & Cooking Recipes Appetizers Ila Douglas's Corton Pate 4.4 (12) Add your rating & review By Martha Stewart Test Kitchen Martha Stewart Test Kitchen The recipes developed by our test kitchen team have undergone a rigorous process of development and testing, ensuring that every element is optimal, from ingredient amounts to method and cooking time. This process includes triple-testing recipes to ensure they meet our high standards. The many stellar cooks and food editors who have been part of our team include Sarah Carey, Lucinda Scala Quinn, Jennifer Aaronson, Shira Bocar, Anna Kovel, Greg Lofts, Riley Wofford, Lauren Tyrell, and Lindsay Leopold. Editorial Guidelines Updated on June 23, 2015 Print Rate It Share Share Tweet Pin Email Servings: 20 Serve this creamy pork pate from Molly O'Neill's "One Big Table" cookbook as an appetizer at holiday dinners, or package in a festive jar for an elegant hostess gift. Ingredients 3 pound pork belly or pork butt, rind discarded, cut into 1-inch pieces 1 large onion, coarsely chopped Coarse salt 6 whole black peppercorns 2 whole cloves 1 bay leaf ½ teaspoon dried thyme 1 pound rendered leaf lard ½ teaspoon ground cloves ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon Freshly ground black pepper ¼ teaspoon ground allspice Directions Place pork in a Dutch oven and add enough cold water to cover. Add half the onion, 1 tablespoon salt, peppercorns, whole cloves, bay leaf, and thyme; bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat to low, cover, and cook until pork is tender, about 3 hours. Remove from heat and let pork cool to room temperature in the liquid. Meanwhile, melt lard in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Pour off and reserve all but two tablespoons fat from saucepan. Return saucepan to medium heat and add remaining one-half onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until soft, about 4 minutes. Transfer onion to a large bowl. Transfer pork to a large bowl with onion. Pour cooking liquid through a fine-mesh sieve and set aside. Add cloves, nutmeg, cinnamon, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and allspice to bowl with onion and pork and using a hand-cranked meat grinder or food processor, grind or pulse pork mixture. Add reserved melted lard and broth as needed to make mixture a spreadable consistency; season with salt and pepper. Transfer pate to a crock pot or bowl, pour 1/4-inch layer of reserved pork fat over top, and refrigerate 3 days before serving. Cook's Notes Refrigerate 3 days before serving. Rate it Print