A pâté cooked according to the recipe of a particular restaurant, charcutier, etc.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Mary McCarthy (1912–1989), writer and critic. From French pâté maison, also pâté de maison (not dated in dictionaries of French) from pâté + maison.
Definition of pâté maison in US English:
pâté maison
(also pate maison, pâté de maison)
nounˌpateɪ meɪˈzɒn
A pâté cooked according to the recipe of a particular restaurant, charcutier, etc.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Mary McCarthy (1912–1989), writer and critic. From French pâté maison, also pâté de maison (not dated in dictionaries of French) from pâté + maison.