Step 1
Put the chicken strips into a dish. Season with salt and pepper and set aside while you prepare the rest of the filling.Step 2
Line the terrine dish with Parma ham. Make sure there are no gaps and let the ends overhang the dish – save 2 pieces for the top.Step 3
Line the terrine dish with Parma ham. Make sure there are no gaps and let the ends overhang the dish – save 2 pieces for the top.Step 4
Arrange half of the chicken on top. Repeat these layers, and then finish with a final layer of the pork mixture.
Fold the Parma ham over the top and add the 2 reserved slices, if necessary, to cover the filling completely.
Step 5
Cover the terrine with foil. Put a wad of greaseproof paper or a folded newspaper into the roasting tin; sit the terrine dish on top.Step 6
Pour in cold water to come three quarters of the way up the dish. Place in an oven preheated to 190°C/Gas Mark 5 and cook for 20 minutes.
Step 7
Turn the oven down to 140°C/Gas Mark 1 and cook for 1ó hours. Use a meat thermometer to check if it is done. It should register 65–70°C. Another way to check is to press gently with your finger: the juices should run clear and the terrine should be fairly firm but still with a little give.
Step 8
Remove from the oven; make little holes in the top with a skewer.- The basic question to consider when making a terrine is how it is going to hold together when it is turned out. You need to choose your ‘glue’: a meat farce, such as the minced pork in the recipe above, a jelly, a fish mousse or just by pressing it. Once you have your chosen glue, anything goes in terms of the main ingredients.
- If you don’t want anything surrounding your terrine, line the dish with 3 layers of cling film instead, letting the sides hang over the edges of the dish.
- To check the seasoning, make a patty with a tiny amount of the meat farce and fry it. Taste and adjust the seasoning of the rest of your mixture if necessary.
- When assembling a terrine, you get a more even effect if you shred the ingredients rather than cutting them into chunks.
- The terrine will keep for 5 days, tightly wrapped in the fridge. It also freezes well. If you don’t want to use all the terrine, you can cut it in half, wrap in cling film as above and store one half in the freezer.
