Smoked Mackerel Pate Recipe

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Delicious smoked mackerel paté with a scattering of herbs, served with a wedge of lemon.

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Rich, delicious and piquant with a touch of horseradish, this simple smoked mackerel paté recipe is a great way to get more oily fish into your diet. Easy enough for a quick lunch and smart enough for a dinner party.

Servings: people

Author: Helen Best-Shaw

Prep Time5

Cook Time0

Ingredients

200 g smoked mackerel - 2-3 fillets
100 g cream cheese
2 tsp horseradish sauce
lemon juice - a generous squeeze, to taste
black pepper

Instructions

Remove the skin from the fish. Break into chunks if you are going to use a food processor, or flake into a bowl if you will mix the paté by hand.
200 g smoked mackerel
Put all the ingredients in the food processor and blitz in short bursts until you have the texture you prefer. Alternatively, mix well with a fork in a bowl.
100 g cream cheese, 2 tsp horseradish sauce, lemon juice, black pepper
Adjust the seasoning to taste. Leave in the fridge in a sealed container for at least an hour for the flavours to combine. (Overnight is even better.)

Notes

Packets of smoked mackerel tend not to be a standard size. Scale the recipe accordingly.

Variations

Swap the horseradish for a smooth Dijon mustard.
Stir through some chopped fresh herbs, such as chives or parsley.

Stir through finely chopped gherkins, or capers.

Swap some of the cream cheese for mayonnaise, sour cream or natural yogurt.

For a touch of heat, add a pinch of cayenne pepper.

If you don’t like smoked fish, substitute well-drained canned mackerel in oil or water.

Storage

Fridge – Store in an airtight pot and eat within 3 days, or by the best-before date on the mackerel. Leftovers make a fantastic pasta sauce, loose with a little of the pasta cooking water.

Freezer – Portion and freeze. Avoid freezing, however, if the fillets have previously been frozen.

• Please note that the nutrition information provided below is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

• Unless stated otherwise cup conversions have been made with an online tool. For accuracy please check with your favoured conversion tool. We recommend buying inexpensive digital kitchen scales.