Smoked mackerel pâté with rainbow pickles

  • Portion size: Serves 6
  • Hands-on time 30 min
  • Difficulty: easy

Pâté is a great make-ahead starter for a Sunday lunch or dinner with friends. Alternatively – pack it into sealable containers for a picnic-appropriate snack.

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Ingredients

For the pickles

  • 5 rainbow or heirloom carrots
  • 1 red onion
  • Small bunch fresh dill, chopped
  • 5 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 2½ tbsp caster sugar

For the pâté

  • 460g smoked mackerel, skin removed
  • Small bunch fresh dill
  • 30g horseradish root, finely grated (or 2 tbsp grated horseradish from a jar)
  • 200ml crème fraîche
  • Juice 1 lemon
  • 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp creamed horseradish sauce
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Method

  1. Slice the carrots and onion as finely as you can using a mandoline (if you haven’t got one, use a sharp knife), then put in a non-metallic bowl.
  2. Mix the dill, vinegar and sugar, then pour over the vegetables. Stir, then put in a sealable container. Chill until ready to eat.
  3. For the mackerel pâté, put all the ingredients into a food processor and whizz to a smooth paste. Season to taste, then put in a sealable container. Chill until needed.
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Nutrition

  • 431kcals Calories
  • 32.1g (12.9g saturated) Fat
  • 18g Protein
  • 15.6g (14.3g sugars) Carbs
  • 3.9g Fibre
  • 1.7g Salt

Make Ahead

The pâté will keep for up to 48 hours and the pickles for up to 5 days, each packed in sealed containers in the fridge.

To Drink

Portugal’s vinho verde is great with smoked mackerel and has the crisp edge for the pickles too. Avoid the cheap stuff in the stumpy bottles, though.

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