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Smoked mackerel pate with griddled toast and cress salad
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Total Time:
10 minutes
Easy and irresistible mackerel pâté, perfect for stacking on toast!
Ingredients:
  • 400 g smoked mackerel from sustainable sources
  • 200 g light cream cheese
  • 3 lemons
  • 1 small bunch of fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves picked
  • 2 small punnets of cress snipped
  • 2 sticks of celery finely sliced, plus some of the celery leaves
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 6 slices of good bread
Instructions:
  • Peel the skin off the smoked mackerel, discard, and place the fish in a food processor. Break it up slightly. Add cream cheese, lemon zest, most of the lemon juice, and parsley leaves. Process until creamy. Season to taste. In a large bowl, combine snipped cress, parsley, and celery leaves with celery sticks. Dress with lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, salt, and pepper. Heat a griddle pan. Toast bread in batches, pressing down with a heavy object, for about 1 minute. Serve the pâté with griddled toast, herb salad, and lemon wedges alongside a glass of chilled white wine.