Cheat’s taramasalata

  • Portion size: Serves 6
  • Prep time 15 min
  • Difficulty: easy
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Whizz up a quick taramasalata with this easy recipe. Rosie Mackean’s cheat’s version of the beloved Greek dip is made with hot-smoked trout instead of cod roe, and is just as delicious. 

  • Retro favourite: “For some reason smoked mackerel pâté seemed to be a dish that everyone knew how to make before I left school back in the late 2000s,” says Rosie Mackean. “I think it could have been on the Home Economics curriculum, or perhaps it was just a Blue Peter recipe that endured through our parents. Anyway, by the time we got to university everyone seemed to only know one dish, and taramasalata was it.”
  • Taramasalata, reinvented: “This is an easy fish pâté too, but it’s a bit more modern and chic. It’s a cheat’s version of taramasalata, made using hot-smoked trout instead of smoked cod roe (with a few other tricks up our sleeve). You’ll never buy it from the supermarket again after this, trust me!”
  • Easy starter: This speedy taramasalata takes 15 minutes to make and is the perfect laid-back starter, served with crisps and crudités.

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Ingredients

  • 150g hot-smoked trout, roughly chopped
  • 1 small garlic clove
  • Finely grated zest ½ lemon, plus all its juice
  • 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
  • 190g cream cheese
  • 90g mayonnaise
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • Few dashes Tabasco
  • 15g dill, any large stalks removed
  • 50g pitted kalamata olives
  • Crisps and crudités to serve
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Method

  1. Put all the ingredients apart from the dill, olives, crisps and crudités in a blender with 1 tbsp water. Whizz until smooth.
  2. Decant the mixture into a serving dish, then garnish with the dill and olives. Finish with a final drizzle of olive oil and serve alongside the crisps and crudités.
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  • Nutrition

    • 220kcals Calories
    • 20.4g (5.3g saturated) Fat
    • 5.1g Protein
    • 2.8g (1.2g sugars) Carbs
    • 0.3g Fibre
    • 0.8g Salt
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