Terrine With Spinach And Carrots Recipes

COUNTRY TERRINE

Steps:

• Assemble and marinate terrine:
• Cook onion in butter in a 10-inch heavy skillet, covered, over moderately low heat, stirring frequently, until soft, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and thyme and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Transfer to a large bowl set in a bowl of ice.
• While onion cools, pulse salt, peppercorns, allspice, nutmeg, and bay leaf in grinder until finely ground. Add to onion mixture and whisk in cream, eggs, and brandy until combined well.
• Pulse chicken livers in a food processor until finely chopped, then add to onion mixture along with ground pork and veal and mix together well with your hands or a wooden spoon. Stir in ham cubes.
• Line bottom and long sides of terrine mold crosswise with about 6 to 9 strips of bacon, arranging them close together (but not overlapping) and leaving a 1/2- to 2-inch overhang. Fill terrine evenly with ground-meat mixture, rapping terrine on counter to compact it (it will mound slightly above edge). Cover top of terrine lengthwise with 2 or 3 more bacon slices if necessary to cover completely, and fold overhanging ends of bacon back over these. Cover terrine with plastic wrap and chill at least 8 hours to marinate meats.
• Bake terrine:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 325°F.
• Discard plastic wrap and cover terrine tightly with a double layer of foil.
• Bake terrine in a water bath until thermometer inserted diagonally through foil at least 2 inches into center of terrine registers 155 to 160°F, 1 3/4 to 2 hours. Remove foil and let terrine stand in mold on a rack, 30 minutes.
• Weight terrine:
• Put terrine in mold in a cleaned baking pan. Put a piece of parchment or wax paper over top of terrine, then place on top of parchment another same-size terrine mold or a piece of wood or heavy cardboard cut to fit inside mold and wrapped in foil. Put 2 to 3 (1-pound) cans on terrine or on wood or cardboard to weight cooked terrine. Chill terrine in pan with weights until completely cold, at least 4 hours. Continue to chill terrine, with or without weights, at least 24 hours to allow flavors to develop.
• To serve:
• Run a knife around inside edge of terrine and let stand in mold in a pan with 1 inch of hot water (to loosen bottom) 2 minutes. Tip terrine mold (holding terrine) to drain excess liquid, then invert a cutting board over terrine, reinvert terrine onto cutting board, and gently wipe outside of terrine (bacon strips) with a paper towel. Let terrine stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before serving, then transfer to a platter if desired and cut, as needed, into 1/2-inch-thick slices.

CARROT AND GINGER TERRINE

Steps:

• Toss carrots with turmeric in a 13-by-9-by-2-inch oval dish. Cover tightly with microwave plastic wrap. Cook at 100 percent power in a high-power oven for 8 minutes. Prick plastic to release steam.
• Remove from oven and uncover. Transfer to a food processor and process until smooth.
• Place water in a glass 1-cup measure. Sprinkle gelatin over water. Let stand for 2 minutes. Stir. Cover with plastic wrap. Cook for 30 seconds. Prick plastic to release steam.
• Remove from oven and uncover. Pour into food processor with carrots. Add broth, fromage blanc, ginger, salt and pepper. Process until completely smooth. Taste and adjust seasonings, if needed.
• Transfer mixture to a bowl and stir in scallion. Rinse a 2- to 3-cup mold with ice water. Do not dry. Scrape mixture into mold. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours.
• Unmold terrine and cut into slices. Spoon spinach and coriander sauce onto four plates. Place terrine slices over sauce and serve.

TERRINE WITH SPINACH AND CARROTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Grease a 9x5 inch loaf pan very well.
• Sprinkle the parmesan into the pan and tap the sides to evenly coat.
• Turn the pan unside down and shake off excess cheese.
• For the spinach mixture, coarsely chop the spinach.
• Put the spinach in a pot of boiling water for 1 minute.
• Drain and wring out excess water.
• Set aside.
• Mix the cottage and cream cheeses together with a mixer until there are no lumps of cream cheese.
• Add eggs, flour, salt, pepper, cheddar, and spinach.
• Mix well and set aside.
• For carrot mixture, put them in a pot of boiling water for 3 minutes, remove and set aside.
• Blend eggs, shallot, ginger, salt and pepper with a mixer.
• Add flour, jack cheese, and half anf half.
• Blend well.
• Add carrots and stir to combine.
• To assemble, spoon half of the spinach mixture into the loaf pan, then carefully all of the carrot mixture.
• Put the remaining spinach mixture on top.
• Smooth the top evenly with a spatula.
• Bake 50-60 minutes or until puffed but not yet browned.
• Cool 1 hour and turn out onto a platter.
• Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Slice into 1 inch pieces and serve garnished with parsley sprigs.