Mackerel paste can be prepared at home. This is nothing complicated. This dish can be served with crispy toast, fresh cucumber, as an appetizer. It goes well with heavier dishes. Paste from fish can be made from fresh produce or smoked. In the latter case, the appetizer is even more piquant.
Tasty pate with smoked fish
What do you need to make smoked mackerel paste? Simple ingredients:
- 350 grams of fish;
- onion head;
- 200 grams of butter;
- two tablespoons of sunflower;
- one carrot;
- some salt;
- a teaspoon of provencal herbs or any favorite spices.
Peel onions and carrots. The first is chopped finely, and the carrots are rubbed on a fine grater. Both types of vegetables are lightly fried in sunflower oil until the color changes slightly.
Butter is cut into cubes, put in a bowl, spices are added, salt is added if desired. They clean the fish, remove the skin, remove the bones. Add fish to oil, put cooled vegetables. Everything is crushed using a blender. Such a paste from mackerel is tender, and due to spices - spicy. Salt is best added at the end, as smoked mackerel is already salted.
This paste can be stored in the refrigerator for a week.
Another paste recipe
This recipe uses either fresh or frozen fish. Therefore, you can safely add your favorite spices. For this option, paste from mackerel you need to take:
- 200 grams of fresh fish;
- three tablespoons of sour cream;
- half the onion head;
- greens to taste;
- salt, pepper and other spices to taste.
To begin with, they wash, clean mackerel. Cut into pieces, boil until tender. It is best to steam the mackerel so that it is less watery. Peel and finely chop the onion. Ready and cooled fish are cleaned, leaving only the fillet.
In a bowl put fish, chopped herbs, onions and spices. All beat to a creamy state. If desired, add a little lemon juice.
Mackerel paste: tasty and fast
For this option, a delicious snack you need to take:
- one fish;
- 200 grams of fat sour cream;
- 1.5 tablespoons of horseradish;
- some parsley;
- half a lemon;
- some green onions;
- pepper to taste.
This cold smoked mackerel paste is moderately spicy. But if necessary, you can add salt or other seasonings.
Peel the fish, remove all bones, put the fillet in a bowl. Add sour cream, as well as the juice of half a lemon. Put horseradish. Better to take from a jar rather than fresh. So the dish will be more tender in its consistency.
All beat with a blender to make a gentle paste. The greens are cut, sent to the paste, mixed with a spoon so that the pieces of greens are felt. You can also replace fresh herbs with dried dill. This pate goes well with fresh cucumbers. It is the crispy consistency of the vegetable that is ideal for a spicy mackerel paste.
Many decorate the table with snacks. These include fish paste, for example, from mackerel. For him, they take not only fresh fish, but also cold smoked. In the latter case, the appetizer acquires an interesting mouth-watering aroma. Lemon juice, sour cream or butter is often added to the paste.