Easy smoked mackerel pâté
Ingredients
- Step 1 25g unsalted butter , melted
- Step 2 zest ½ lemon
- Step 3 160g pack smoked mackerel (split fillets), skinned
- Step 4 1 spring onion , roughly chopped
- Step 5 15g unsalted butter , plus extra to serve
- Step 6 1 tsp hot horseradish sauce, plus extra to serve
- Step 7 1 tsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley , plus a few leaves
- Step 8 French bread , to serve

Calories: 440
Carbohydrate: 1 g
Protein: 16 g
Fat: 41 g
Cook time: 15 minutes
Prep time: 15 minutes
Total time: 30 minutes
Servings: 2
TAGS
Dinner
Lunch
Starter
Supper
french
Josh Eagleton
10-30 minute
2 serving
600 kcal or less
Bread
Butter
Dip
Fish paste
horseradish
lemon
lemon
Mackeral pate
Mackerel pate
Mackrel pate
Main
Oily fish
Parsley
Pate
Quick
Sara Buenfeld
Seafood
Smoked fish
Smoked mackerel
Smoked mackerel fillet
Spring onion
Spring onion
Starter
summer
Supper for two
Directions
- Step 1 Tip the melted butter, lemon zest, mackerel and spring onion into a food processor and blend until smooth. Spoon into a ramekin and smooth the top.
- Step 2 For the topping, melt the 15g butter with the horseradish, then stir in the parsley. Carefully spoon over the pâté to cover it. Press some parsley leaves on top, grind over some black pepper and chill to set the butter. Serve the ramekin of pâté with French bread, butter and extra horseradish sauce.