1	Heat 50gm butter in a large saucepan over medium-high heat, add bacon, shallot, garlic and herbs and sauté until tender (5-6 minutes), season to taste and transfer to a food processor (discard thyme and bay). Heat another 100gm butter in pan, add livers and cook without colouring, turning occasionally, until cooked medium (5-6 minutes). Remove livers from pan and transfer to food processor with brandy, orange rind, pimento and remaining butter and process until smooth, then add cream and process to combine. Season to taste, then pass through a fine sieve. Transfer to four 250ml moulds and refrigerate until set (2-3 hours).
2	Meanwhile, for pickled cranberries, combine cranberries, sugar and vinegar in a saucepan and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved, then set aside to cool.
3	For tokay jelly, bring wine and sugar to the simmer in a saucepan over medium heat. Squeeze water from gelatine and add gelatine to pan, stirring to dissolve. Set aside to cool, then spoon over pâté, season with pepper and refrigerate until set (2 hours). Serve with pickled cranberries and crusty white bread.

Note Tokay is a semi-sweet dessert wine. The sweetness of the wine varies, so taste as you gradually add the sugar to prevent the jelly from being too sweet.

This recipe is from the December 2010 issue of Australian Gourmet Traveller.