Country Pâté (Pâté de Campagne)

Ingredients

• ¹/₃ cup whipping cream
• Cornichons*
• 2 ½ teaspoons dried thyme
• 1 ½ teaspoons allspice
• 1 6-ounce piece ham steak, cut crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick strips
• Coarse sea salt
• Dijon mustard
• + 10 more ingredients
• • ¾ cup Cognac
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 2 ½ pounds ground pork
  • 12 ounces bacon (8 to 10 slices)
  • plus 14 bacon slices
  • 1 cup onion
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 2 ½ teaspoons salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Set rack at lowest position in oven and preheat to 350°F. Boil Cognac until reduced to 1/2 cup, about 1 1/2 minutes. Cool. Melt butter in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion and saut&é until soft and translucent but not brown, about 8 minutes. Combine ground pork and chopped bacon in...

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