smoked salmon or smoked mackerel pate

Smoked salmon or smoked mackerel pate is such a great recipe to get under your belt. I make a scrumptious chicken liver pâté but when I fancy a change I make this smoked fish pate with salmon, trout or mackerel.

I love the fact that most of the smoked salmon or smoked mackerel pate ingredients are things I have to hand all the time. So I can throw it together without much planning. I’m sure I don’t need to tell you the health benefits of oily fish, nor do I need to tell you how delicious salmon, cream cheese and pickles are together on a bagel. I took that idea and refined it by adding a little more complexity to the flavour (but very little complexity to the technique) to come up with this recipe.

Smoked salmon or smoked mackerel pate – for packed lunches and other occasions

This recipe is so easy and a regular for lunch at our house. It is a delight to have a pot of this in the fridge and it will happily keep in the fridge for a week. My kids love it too. It has been great to have in their sandwiches (a good change from cheese or hummus) and I also stir some through hot pasta with peas and watercress or asparagus for a quick dinner.