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Smoked Kipper Pate

Famously eaten for breakfast, as a classic British dish. Made from herring fillets which have been gutted and salted, and then smoked over smoldering woodchips. Strong, intense, smoky flavour. Require very little cooking.

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Prep

5 minutes

Cook

15 minutes

Serves

1

Ingredients

  • 400g kipper fillets

  • 1 spring onion juice of 1 lemon

  • 100g cream cheese

  • large handful of parsley

  • handful of watercress

Method

  1. Place the kippers in a bowl, and pour over boiling water. Leave for 10 minutes and drain.

  2. While the kippers soak, whizz up the rest of the ingredients in a food processor, with a good pinch of salt and pepper.

  3. Remove the skin from the kipper fillets, and add the flesh of the fish to the blender. Whizz until you are left with a smooth paste.

  4. Place in the fridge for an hour and serve with crusty toasted bread.