Title: Cheese-Nut Pate
Categories: Miamiherald, Ovolacto, Appetizers
Yield: 8 -10 serve

-------------------------FORMATTED BY LISA CRAWFORD-------------------------
3 tb Butter
1 c Finely minced onion
8 oz Cream cheese
1 lb Cottage cheese
1 c Ground almonds and walnuts;
-combined
1/2 ts Salt
Lots of black pepper
1/2 ts Dill
2 ts Prepared mustard
2 To 3ts fresh lime or lemon
-juice
2 c Grated cheddar

--------------------------------FOR TOPPING--------------------------------
1 c Ricotta
A few walnuts halves, whole
-almonds and whole or
-chopped olives
Radishes, cucumber slices
-and parsley sprigs

Prehaet oven to 325 degrees F. Grease a standard loaf
pan with 2 tablespoons of the butter. SAute onions in
the remaining butter until soft, about 4 minutes.
Combine the cream cheese, cottage cheese, ground nuts,
salt, pepper, dill, mustard, lime juice, and cheddar
in a food processor until uniform. Spoon into the
prepared pan and bake 1 hour. Allow to cool
completely in pan then chill for at least several
hours before turning onto a seving platter.
To decorate, spread ricotta cheee all over as if
frosting a cake. Place garnish over cake as desired.
Serve with dark bread or crackers.

Nutritional info per serving: 481 cal; 24g pro, 9g
carb, 40g fat(73%), 2g fiber, 97mg chol, 731mg sodium

Source: Still Life With Menu by Mollie Katzen
Miami Herald, 10/5/95
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #225

Date: 19 Aug 96 00:06:50 EDT

From: "Lisabeth Crawford (Pooh)" <104105.1416@CompuServe.COM>