These beautiful Pate Stuffed Pepper Slices are made to impress, while the preparation of this recipe requires little effort on your part. Whether you host a dinner party or entertain a larger group of friends and family, the type and variety of small appetizers or finger food you serve, may set the tone for the rest of the meal or party.
Don’t you hate it, when you’re at a party and the host serves small appetizers/finger foods and drinks for which you need 3 hands, one for your glass, one for your plate and the 3rd to enjoy the appetizer which is larger than 1 bite. If you’re lucky your host has plates with a glass holder, but if not, how do you hold your glass and plate in your hands while you want to pick one of those delicious looking appetizers and avoid a disaster?
I personally prefer to serve appetizers/finger foods that are one-bites, rather than appetizers that require you to take a bite and put it down on your plate. For one-bite appetizers you don’t need a plate, you pop them in your mouth, relax and continue your conversation. Actually, I want to go so far by saying that differently looking and beautifully presented small bites may even be a conversation starter.
Key Ingredients in This Recipe
You’ll find the complete list of ingredients and exact quantities in the recipe below.
- Pâté – I’ve used a creamy smooth pâté and a coarse country-style one.
- Small sweet peppers
- Parsley – or a herb that goes well with a particular pâté.
- Tomato ketchup
How to Make Pate Stuffed Pepper Slices
Step 1 – Cut top and bottom of the small sweet peppers and remove stem and seeds.
Step 2 – Mix the pâté with tomato ketchup and/or parsley and stuff the hollow peppers with it. Make sure there are no air pockets, as that will not look nice and the pâté may fall out of the slices. Place the stuffed peppers in the fridge for a few hours so the pate stiffens up.
Step 3 – Cut the sweet peppers in thin slices.
Serve and allow you and your guest to ENJOY !
Alternative or Varieties
- Instead of small sweet peppers, try small tomatoes, small mushrooms caps or cucumber (which you need to slice again). Make sure that all are small enough to be a one-bite option.
- When you buy good quality pate there may be very little you’ll need to do to get a perfect flavor, however, you may like to change the color, as most pâtés all have the same color.
- Mix pate with cream cheese or Boursin.
- Add some hot sauce.
- Add a drop of cognac or brandy or port wine.
Pate Stuffed Pepper Slices
Ingredients
- 6 small sweet peppers
- 2.5 ounces country-style pate
- 2.5 ounces smooth creamy pate
- 1/2 tablespoon tomato ketchup
- 1/2 tablespoon parsley finely chopped
Instructions
- Cut top and bottom of the small sweet peppers and remove stem and seeds.
- Mix the pâté with tomato ketchup and/or parsley and stuff the hollow peppers with it. (NOTE 1)
- Place the stuffed peppers in the fridge for a few hours so the pate stiffens up.
- Cut the sweet peppers in thin slices.
Notes
- Make sure there are no air pockets, as that will not look nice and the pâté may fall out of the slices.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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