ROASTED RED PEPPER PÂTÉ

I had a bottle of merlot I would never drink alone, and an expired package of cream cheese that I needed to use up, and years ago I ate this yummy app at a weekend in Tremblant at the JB club, and have been looking at this recipe ever since.

So I invited a couple of girlfriends, opened the package, which was just fine, and between my daughter's grad and during her party, I whipped it together and baked it, and cooled it in the fridge until supper. This is what is looked like, unfolded, flipped upside down.

Take a look at the after hours with girls for the decorated platter flanked by crackers and baguette slices.

Cooked and cooled. I think it would look great moulded in other shapes too. I forgot to grease the aluminium and it came out just fine. Like frosting a cake, a layer of basil pesto (I used premade) and a layer of sun dried tomato paste finished it off. I had bought water crackers and had triskets and ritz crackers on hand, but my friend brought fresh baguette which elevated it to another plane! 

I used a jar of roasted red peppers, and the goat cheese came in 300g, so I omitted the butter and cayenne and pine nuts  and did not miss them. Froze the leftovers for the next get together!