Smoked Whitefish Pate Food

SIMPLE SMOKED FISH PATé

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Place fish, cream cheese, butter, vinegar, lemon juice, onion, garlic, and pepper into a food processor bowl.
• Pulse until mixed well, but not completely puréed.
• Mound mixture into a serving dish and refrigerate overnight.
• Paté tastes best when brought to room temperature. Top with chopped chives and serve with toasted bread triangles or savory crackers.

SMOKED WHITEFISH DIP WITH BAGEL CHIPS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Cut the bagels in half vertically through the center hole. Stand the bagel up on the flat side and cut 1/4-inch-thick slices. Add the slices to a rimmed baking sheet and spray with nonstick cooking spray. Bake until the chips are crispy and lightly browned, about 15 minutes. Let cool slightly.
• Meanwhile, in a large bowl, combine the smoked whitefish, cream cheese, mayonnaise, dill, lemon zest, lemon juice, cayenne (if using) and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Stir to combine.
• Serve the whitefish salad with bagel chips, endive, cucumbers and celery.

SMOKED WHITEFISH DIP

Steps:

• Remove the bones from the fish and flake into large pieces. Set aside.
• Combine the cream cheese, mayonnaise, hot sauce, dill, Worcestershire sauce, seafood seasoning, green onions, celery and lemon juice in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse until smooth. Add the fish and pulse a few times to combine. Season with salt and pepper
• Transfer the dip to a bowl. Top with dill and lemon slices and serve with celery sticks, carrot sticks, cucumber rounds, radishes and crackers.

SMOKED FISH PATE

Steps:

• Remove and discard any skin on the fish. Place the fish in a medium sized bowl and flake it with a fork. Add the cream cheese and 1 tablespoon of the mayo and stir until well blended , and the pate is a consitency of your liking (we like ours quite chunky -- almost requiring a spoon) adding more mayo or cream cheese as needed.
• Fold in celery, 1/4 cup of parsley and the onion. Add the lemon juice and hot pepper sauce and season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Spoon into serving dish, cover and chill until serving time (at least 1-2 horus up to 48 hours).
• Remove and garnish with additional parsley and capers if using.
• Servie with crackers or for a chunkier pate, use toast points.

PASTA WITH SMOKED WHITEFISH, TOMATOES AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add shallots and garlic. Sauté until shallots begin to soften, about 2 minutes. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add tomatoes, 1/2 cup parsley and crushed red pepper and stir until tomatoes are just tender, about 8 minutes. Add whitefish and cook until heated through, about 3 minutes.
• Meanwhile, cook pasta in large pot of boiling salted water until tender but still firm to bite, stirring occasionally. Drain. Return to pot.
• Toss fish mixture with pasta. Season with salt and pepper. Transfer pasta to bowl. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons parsley.