Mackerel and Cream Cheese Spread
Servings: 1 Bowl about 6 to 8 serving
A very tasty spread, full of omega-3, easy to prepare, to serve on bread toasts or as a dip with raw vegetables. Add your own twist by adding the spices of your choice.
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Ingredients
- 2 mackerels (about 750 gr each which makes about 220 gr of flesor 4 mackerel fillets)
- 100 to 150 gr cream cheese Philadelphia for example or French Saint Môret
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 dash olive oil
- 1 shallot or spring onion
- ½ bunch chive
- salt
- pepper
Optional
- spices of your choice curry, turmeric, paprika …
Instructions
Start by cooking mackerel
- Several options as previously written: either cook fillet or whole fish in the oven (ideally wrapped in aluminium foil with a dash of olive oil and lemoor use a steamer, my preference.
- The cooking time is quick: 5 to 10 min for fillets, 10 to 15 min for whole fishes (time depends of course on the size).
- When still hot, discard bones and skin to keep the flesh. Then let the mackerel cool down.
Make the spread
- Finely chop spring onion (or shalloand chives.
- In a food processor (or in a bowl with a formix mackerel flesh, cream cheese and spices. Gradually to get the consistency and flavors you prefer. Add the lemon juice and a dash of olive oil to give roundness to your preparation.
- Then add chopped onion and chives. Taste and adjust seasoning: add salt, pepper, eventually more spices or lemon juice.
Notes
Tip: Ideally buy mackerel filets, it will be quicker to prepare.
The main steps: Cook fish. Gradually combine flesh with the other ingredients.
Cooking Time : depending of the kind of fish you choose/ Resting time: Fish to cool down