Going for my brown sugar moment.
Visiting Mrs Nickatbasel’s side of the family in the Netherlands, I got a slab of Ardennes pâte from the Albert Heijn which I am now consuming on toast with enough salted butter to make a cardiologist weep in despair.
It’s something I never see in “Coop-Gros” - at least not the branches near me in Zurich. I daresay I’ll find it in Globus Food / Jelmoli or similar if I look hard enough - just wonder if anyone has found it in a mainstream supermarket?
I haven’t Googled nor used the search to check the extensive Swissforum knowledge base.
Cheers.
Nick
Ugh, now I want some…… good thing i‘m on my way to the Netherlands.
And to answer your question, never seen it here.
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It‘s one of those things I never see so don‘t realise I miss it until I see it.
No doubt there are recipes out there for a homemade version.
It’s one of the things we really missed when we moved here from Belgium.
We’ve made it using this recipe a few times but it is a bit of a faff.
Alternatively the paté de campagne isn’t a terrible substitute.
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There are loads of things like that.
It’s one of those Europe-wide acclaimed foods rightly available in most countries easily - in the UK, for example, even Aldi and Lidl sell Belgian-made Ardennes pate. But not here.
And to answer your question, Lidl sells four or five very decent pates a couple of times a year - at Christmas and Easter including a liver one and a venison one. Not sure whether they are made in Belgium - but the UK ones are.
Jinx no backs, you owe me a Coke.
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