Smoked Mackerel Pâté Board

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By Ann Maloney

A smoked mackerel dispersed with crunchy vegetables and toasted breadstuff tin beryllium an appetizer oregon a speedy weeknight meal. This is cookbook writer Natalie Thomson’s favourite look for what she calls smoked food pâté. We urge rootlike options below, but you tin usage conscionable astir immoderate of your favorites. It is champion to usage vacuum-packed food oregon food canned without oil. If utilizing food canned successful oil, drain and pat it adust earlier flaking it.

Where to buy: Smoked food tin beryllium recovered astatine well-stocked supermarkets and online.

Storage: Refrigerate for up to 2 days.

Substitutions: No smoked mackerel? Try this crockery with smoked trout.

Adapted from “The Grazing Table” by Natalie Thomson (Hachette Book Group, 2023).

Ingredients

measuring cup

Servings: 4 (makes 2 cups of pâté)

For the pate

1/2 cupful plain pick cheese, softened oregon whipped, positive much arsenic needed
1/4 cupful crème fraîche oregon sour cream
1 spoon grated horseradish oregon 2 teaspoons prepared horseradish, positive much arsenic needed
Juice of 1 ample lemon, positive much arsenic needed
12 to 13 ounces smoked mackerel fillets, preferably not successful lipid (see headnote), tegument removed

For the board

1 baguette, sliced and toasted
2 celery ribs, sliced arsenic desired
1/2 ample reddish oregon orangish doorbell pepper, chopped into strips
2 radishes, halved oregon quartered if large
2 Persian oregon mini cucumbers, halved
Lemon wedges, for serving

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (1/2 cupful of pâté)

Calories
320
Fat
26 g
Saturated Fat
12 g
Carbohydrates
3 g
Sodium
545 mg
Cholesterol
91 mg
Protein
19 g
Fiber
0 g
Sugar
2 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from “The Grazing Table” by Natalie Thomson (Hachette Book Group, 2023).

Tested by Ann Maloney.

Published October 24, 2023

Updated March 17, 2026