麻豆约拍

Recipe's for a lovely summery three course meal:

Smoked mackerel pate with melba toast and Herb salad

Pate:
200 g smoked mackerel , from sustainable sources, ask your fishmonger
100 g low-fat cream cheese
2 Small Lemons
1 Heaped tsp horseradish sauce
A little chopped parsley

Herb Salad:
1 small bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley, leaves only
A few chives
陆 Granny Smith apple, peeled, cored and chopped
2 Tbsp lemon juice
A little extra virgin olive oil
陆 bunch Dill
2 med sticks celery, sliced, plus a few celery leaves
1 Spring onion - chopped

A few slices of melba toast

Method:
路 Peel the skin off the smoked mackerel.
路 Break up the mackerel slightly and put in a food processor.
路 Add the cream cheese, the zest and half the juice of one lemon.
路 Process for a few seconds until you get a consistency.
路 Add the parsley, season to taste and place in small ramekin dishes.
路 Toss the parsley, celery leaves chopped dill and chives together in a large bowl, and add the sliced celery and apple.
路 Mix with a good squeeze of lemon juice, a little extra virgin olive oil and some salt and pepper.
路 Cut the remaining lemon into wedges and serve with the p芒t茅 and melba toast.

Pasta salad with tuna and sweet corn.

Ingredients:
200g Penne pasta, cooked and lightly oiled.
200g tin tuna 1 Gem lettuce - shredded
150ml Mayonnaise
陆 Red pepper, diced
录 Cucumber - diced
85g cooked or tinned sweet corn
Juice of 陆 a lemon
2 hard boiled eggs, quartered
A few tinned anchovies
A little parsley for garnish

Method:
路 Drain the tuna and use a fork to roughly break it into flakes.
路 Put the tuna into a large bowl and add the lemon juice to taste.
路 Add the mayonnaise, combine.
路 Add the pasta and stir together until evenly mixed.
路 Add the pepper, cucumber and sweet corn to the pasta mix and stir together.
路 Add a little seasoning to taste.
路 Place the shredded lettuce on to a serving dish and place the pasta mix on top.
路 Arrange the egg quarters and anchovies to taste.
路 Garnish with a little parsley.

Method:
路 If using tinned rhubarb drain and cut the pieces in half. If using poached rhubarb cut into small pieces about 陆 long.
路 Arrange in the bottom of 4 pretty glasses.
路 Mix together the mascarpone cheese and lemon curd.
路 Lightly whip the cream until just thickening and fold into the mascarpone mix
路 Spoon carefully on top of the rhubarb.
路 Crumble the amoretti biscuits and sprinkle on the top of each glass.
路 Serve chilled.

N.B. This quick and delicious dessert can be made using other fruit as a base, try black cherries or raspberries!