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Recipe #1290 | Created on October 24, 2011
Categories: Lunch, Appetizers, North American, Make-Ahead, Brunch, Stove Top, Make it from scratch (more)
Cretons (French Canadian Pork Pate)
"This is a traditional French Canadian sandwich spread. I used to love when my Mémère made this, the house smelt so nice. She used to spread it on toast for us for breakfast, with a bit of mustard, salt and pepper, and it was so yummy. Depending on the fat content of the ground pork, you may have to add or decrease the amount of breadcrumbs used; just add a bit of breadcrumbs at a time, until it reaches the right consistency."
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Prep Time: 20m Cook Time: 95m |
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- 1 pound ground pork
- 1 cup milk
- 2 onions, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 cup dry breadcrumbs (more or less)
What You Will Need
No special items needed.
Step 1
Combine the pork, milk, onions, and garlic in a saucepan and cook over medium-low heat.
Step 2
Simmer, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon, for about 1 hour, adding water if necessary to allow simmering without sticking. Do not let this dry out, you need a bit of liquid to absorb the bread crumbs.
Step 3
Mash with a potato masher to break apart any big chunks.
Step 4
Add the cinnamon, cloves, salt and pepper and continue simmering for about 15 minutes more.
Step 5
Add bread crumbs and mix well.
Step 6
Place the cooked cretons in several small containers, packing the mixture down tightly.
Step 7
Refrigerate.
Step 8
Serve cold as a spread
- Serving Size: 1 (95.3 g)
- Calories 89.9
- Total Fat - 3 g
- Saturated Fat - 1.1 g
- Cholesterol - 29.4 mg
- Sodium - 306.2 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 5.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.6 g
- Sugars - 2.4 g
- Protein - 10.8 g
- Calcium - 45.4 mg
- Iron - 0.6 mg
- Vitamin C - 1.8 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg