This plant-based pâté gets its meaty texture from brown lentils and walnuts, with sautéed garlic and onion, a dash of lemon juice, and a handful of seasonings adding depth of flavor. Serve this simple, satisfying vegan appetizer with whole grain crackers or mini toasts and crudités.
Ingredients
- 1 onion, chopped (1 cup)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
- 1½ cups cooked brown lentils
- ¼ cup chopped walnuts or pecans
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- ½ teaspoon sweet paprika
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh cilantro
- Crushed red pepper (optional)
Instructions
- In a medium skillet cook onion, garlic, oregano, and ¼ cup water over medium-low 10 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding water, 1 to 2 Tbsp. at a time, as needed to prevent sticking.
- Transfer to a food processor. Add the next five ingredients (through salt and black pepper). Cover and process until smooth. Transfer to a bowl. Stir in cilantro. If desired, sprinkle with crushed red pepper.
Nutritional Information:
Per serving (2 Tbsp.), 50 calories, 6.9 g carbohydrates, 2.8 g protein, 1.5 g total fat, 0.2 g saturated fat, 25 mg sodium, 2.4 g fiber, 1.1 g sugar
Note: Nutritional information is provided as an estimate only.
Tasty! Glad to have something new to do with my cans of lentils!
Since cups give volume and grams/ounces give weight, the translation will be different depending on what you are measuring. But if the tablespoons/teaspoons in the recipe make sense to you, one cup = 16 tablespoons (Tbsp) and 3 teaspoons (tsp) = 1 Tbsp.
Sounds great, but I don’t understand cups. Is it possible to tell me amounts in grammes or ounces please?
Question: I’m using canned lentils. I assume I drain them?
Yes, drain them first.
I am learning to cook vegan and the base recipe is really good. I am trying to figure out how to make it more flavorful without adding any salt. Maybe add a splash of balsamic? Thank you for sharing!
I love this! Your site is one of my go tos…
I’ve been making this for over a year now and it’s always enjoyable. So easy and fast. Great with crackers or chips. Thanks
Amazingly simple and delicious
I really enjoyed this recipe. I ended up tweaking the seasoning just a little bit but overall a really nice replacement to eating liver. Have made it twice now but am going to keep the recipe handy for the future!
This is delicious! I’m making it again today.
This is absolutely amazing! I used pecans instead of walnuts because that is what I had on hand. It’s nice to have a substitute for pate!
In one of their mags there is a similar pate that is excellent. Similar base but the flavor elements are sun-dried tomato, and cumin (i also add tahini) instead of this recipe’s flavors of oregano, cilantro, paprika. With this pate base we find it is tastier than the meat pates we used to eat!
Do you have the recipe with sun dried tomatoes?
Would you send it to me please.
Great basic recipe. I adapted a bit. I added some miso for the salty part and food kept oignons and garlic raw in a tiny food processor so it is like a purée.