200g chestnuts, cooked, peeled and roughly chopped
1 tsp fennel seeds, crushed
1 tsp dried tarragon
1 egg, beaten
100g fresh breadcrumbs
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
To serve
Sliced mushrooms, fried
Method
Preheat the oven to 180c/160c fan. Grease or line a loaf tin or 10” cake tin.
In a large bowl mix together the mushrooms and sausage meat.
Heat the oil in a deep frying pan and add the onion and celery. Fry for 5 minutes until the onions are soft, stirring occasionally.
Add the garlic and cook for a further minute, before adding the sausage and mushroom mix. Cook until the sausage meat has browned, around 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Take off the heat and leave to cool for 10 minutes. Add the chestnuts, herbs, egg and breadcrumbs. Season with salt and pepper and stir all the Ingredients together thoroughly.
Transfer the mixture to the prepared tin and press down firmly. Bake in the oven for 50 minutes until firm to the touch.