Have you ever wondered what Liverwurst Paté tasted like? Yeah, neither have we. Winter is over now, and this “tasty” treat will definitely make you happy it’s spring. This is another Betty Crocker lost recipe from her 1969 cookbook, and y’all better believe Betty has outdone herself this time.
My grandma is from Germany, and I remember her eating liverwurst straight out of the package with a spoon, and feeding it to the kittens on the farm, which is probably what drew my morbid fascination for this recipe.
Paté Layer:
1 lb. liverwurst or braunschweiger sausage
1 clove garlic, crushed
½ tsp. dried basil
¼ cup finely chopped onion
Igloo “Frosting”:
1 package cream cheese, softened
1 clove garlic, crushed
½ tsp. hot pepper sauce
1 tsp. mayonnaise or salad dressing
Red or black caviar or anchovy paste (which I REFUSE to buy just for this recipe, so I omitted it)
Chopped fresh parsley
To start, I mashed all the ingredients in the paté layer together with a fork, which took far more muscle power than I had anticipated. If, Heaven help you, you decide to make this yourself, do yourself a favor and grate the onion with a box grater. My paté layer was decidedly chunky. I sculpted the mixture into the shape of an igloo because the instructions said so. At this stage, my husband said, “That does not look appetizing what-so-fucking-ever.” He wasn’t wrong.
Once I made my igloo shape with the paté mixture, I moved on to making the cream cheese “frosting”. I mixed all the ingredients, minus the caviar (just NO) and the parsley. My daughter was eyeing it hopefully, thinking it was actual-for-real cream cheese frosting. Next, I spread the mixture over the top of my igloo, and on the plate around it, because all igloos must have snow around them, right? Finally, I took a toothpick and made the “blocks” on the igloo. True story, I had to search for images of igloos online to make an accurate representation. To finish it off, I spread the chopped parsley around the igloo to represent grass?? Who knows. I’m only doing what Betty tells me to do here.
I served it with crackers.
Anyway, the final product was rated as “the worst recipe so far” by my husband. My daughter flatly refused to try it. I thought it was moderately edible, and the dogs LOVED it.
Final verdict: Good enough to fill Kongs with for the dogs.
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