Smoked Mackerel Pate

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smoked mackerel pate on toast

Tasty, easy and economical smoked mackerel pate - 2 simple ingredients with some seasoning, salad garnish and some toast quarters to serve make a fabulous smoked fish appetizer.

The pate makes a good dip for a buffet as well.


I have used 200g (7ish ounces) just under 2 cups of smoked mackerel for this pate.

smoked mackerel

Use an equal amount of cream cheese - so for 200g of smoked mackerel, use 200g of cream cheese.

If you use this ratio, you can make any quantity of pate you like.

You can buy budget, store's own brand for this as you are adding your own flavor.

cream cheese


Black pepper, horseradish sauce and lemon.

You will adjust the seasoning at the end when you taste the pate.

The horseradish cuts through the oiliness of the mackerel.


black pepper, lemon and horseradish sauce

Remove the skin from the smoked mackerel - it comes off very easily.

Break it into large flakes and make sure you have removed all the bones.

There's little worse than finding bones in your pate.

flaked smoked mackerel

Smoked Mackerel Pate - to Step 2 of the Tutorial

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