Smoked kipper pâté with melba toasts recipe

Name: Smoked kipper pâté with melba toasts
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 6 slices medium white bread; 240g pack smoked kippers with butter; 8 radishes, sliced; 3 tbsp 50% less fat soft cheese; 1 spring onion, finely sliced, green and white parts separated; 1 small lemon, zested, plus 1 tbsp juice; 10g fresh dill, chopped (optional); ½ cucumber, finely sliced

This simple kipper pâté recipe is a stunning starter for dinner parties with family and friends. Blitz smoked kippers together with soft cheese and stir through spring onions and zesty lemon for an extra kick. Serve with homemade Melba toasts and sliced cucumber and radishes for dipping.

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Serves 6
10 mins to prepare and 10 mins to cook
190 calories / serving

Healthy

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H.W. Nevill's Medium Sliced White Bread 800g
Aldi Price Match
6 slices medium white bread
£0.55
£0.69/kg
Tesco Smoked Kippers With Butter
240g pack smoked kippers with butter
£1.64
£10.25/kg
Tesco Radish Pack 240G
8 radishes, sliced
£0.56
£2.33/kg
Philadelphia Light Low Fat Soft Cream Cheese 165G
£1.25 Clubcard Price
(£7.58/kg)
Offer valid for delivery from 07/10/2026 until 27/10/2026
3 tbsp 50% less fat soft cheese
£2.25
£13.64/kg
Tesco Bunched Spring Onions 100G
1 spring onion, finely sliced, green and white parts separated
£0.69
£6.90/kg
Tesco Lemons Each
1 small lemon, zested, plus 1 tbsp juice
£0.37
£0.37/each
Tesco Fresh Cut Dill 20G
10g fresh dill, chopped (optional)
£0.48
£24.00/kg
Tesco Whole Cucumber Each
Aldi Price Match
½ cucumber, finely sliced
£0.99
£0.99/each

Method

Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Toast the bread. Use a serrated knife to trim and discard the crusts, then carefully cut horizontally through the middle of each slice to make 2 thinner slices. Halve (or quarter) on the diagonal and arrange on a baking tray. Bake for 3-4 mins until golden and crisp; set aside.
Cook the kippers to pack instructions. Remove from the packaging and set aside until cool enough to handle. Meanwhile, cut 3 of the radish slices into matchsticks; set aside to garnish.
Remove and discard the skin and any bones from the kippers, then put in a food processor with the soft cheese. Pulse until combined, then tip into a bowl and stir through the spring onion whites, the lemon zest and juice, and a grind of black pepper. Garnish with the spring onion greens, radish matchsticks and dill, if using, and serve with the Melba toast, cucumber and remaining sliced radish.