Mackerel Pâté with Shony and a Butter Seal
A simple and nutritiously delicious snack or starter. Very easy to make and even easier to eat.
Serves 6
Time 15 mins
Easy
Shony seaweed is a mineral powerhouse which is used to season this dish. It perfectly compliments the omega 3s, fibre, vitamin D and Cs coming from the mackerel, oatcakes and lemon.
INGREDIENTS
Pâté
- 3 tsp Shony
- 3 mackerel fillets (peppered or plain)
- 1 tbsp of natural yogurt
- Juice ½ large lemon, or to taste
Butter seal
- 100g of butter
To Serve
- Oatcakes or warm, crusty bread
- Lemon wedges
- Fresh parsley
Method
- Put all of the ingredients for the pâté in a food processor and blitz until it’s of a desired consistency.
- Transfer into a dish you want to serve it from. Leave a centimetre or so at the top so you can pour in the butter later.
- For the seal, melt the butter in a pan (do not let it boil or burn).
- Pour the melted butter over the pâté.
- Put in the fridge to cool.
- Serve with warm crusty bread or oatcakes, lemon wedges and parsley.
- A suggestion, if serving on oatcakes and not warm bread, leave the pâté out until the butter seal has softened.