Whipped White Fish and Ricotta Pâté with Soft Toast
White fish poached in water and whipped with ricotta, yoghurt and lemon into a smooth cold pâté, with buttered toast fingers and peeled cucumber alongside.
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Prep 15 minCook 10 minServes 2
Ingredients
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250 g skinless white fish fillet
300 ml water (300 g)
125 g ricotta
80 g Greek-style yoghurt
12 ml lemon juice (12 g)
10 g chives, finely snipped
6 slices soft white bread, crusts cut off (170 g trimmed)
22 g unsalted butter
1 short cucumber, peeled and deseeded (130 g prepared)
black pepper, to taste
Method
Bring the water to a bare simmer in a shallow pan, slide the fish in and poach 6-8 minutes, until it parts into flakes at the touch of a fork. Lift it onto a plate and let it cool.
Go over the fish with your fingertips before it goes anywhere near the processor. One missed pin bone is the only thing that could spoil an otherwise entirely soft plate, and it is thirty seconds of work.
Put the fish in a food processor with the ricotta, the yoghurt, the lemon juice and some pepper, and run it 45 seconds, scraping down once. Fish flakes are themselves bundles of fibre, so keep going until the mixture is pale and uniform and you cannot see a single strand.
Stir the chives through by hand rather than blending them in, and chill 20 minutes if you have the time. It firms slightly and the lemon settles into it.
Peel the cucumber, halve it lengthways, scrape the seeds out with a teaspoon and cut it into thin half-moons.
Toast the trimmed bread lightly, butter it, cut it into fingers and serve with the pâté spread thickly and the cucumber alongside. The pâté keeps two days covered in the fridge and is worth making in full even if you eat it across two sittings.
Safety and storage
Cook to
63°C / 145°F in the centre (fish)
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.
Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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Whipped White Fish and Ricotta Pâté with Soft Toast
Serves 2 · Prep 15 min · Cook 10 min
White fish poached in water and whipped with ricotta, yoghurt and lemon into a smooth cold pâté, with buttered toast fingers and peeled cucumber alongside.
Ingredients
250 g skinless white fish fillet
300 ml water (300 g)
125 g ricotta
80 g Greek-style yoghurt
12 ml lemon juice (12 g)
10 g chives, finely snipped
6 slices soft white bread, crusts cut off (170 g trimmed)
22 g unsalted butter
1 short cucumber, peeled and deseeded (130 g prepared)
black pepper, to taste
Approximate per serving
2456 kJ / 587.1 kcal · protein 41.2 g · carbohydrate 44.2 g · fibre 4 g · fat 25.8 g · sodium 611.4 mg
Method
Bring the water to a bare simmer in a shallow pan, slide the fish in and poach 6-8 minutes, until it parts into flakes at the touch of a fork. Lift it onto a plate and let it cool.
Go over the fish with your fingertips before it goes anywhere near the processor. One missed pin bone is the only thing that could spoil an otherwise entirely soft plate, and it is thirty seconds of work.
Put the fish in a food processor with the ricotta, the yoghurt, the lemon juice and some pepper, and run it 45 seconds, scraping down once. Fish flakes are themselves bundles of fibre, so keep going until the mixture is pale and uniform and you cannot see a single strand.
Stir the chives through by hand rather than blending them in, and chill 20 minutes if you have the time. It firms slightly and the lemon settles into it.
Peel the cucumber, halve it lengthways, scrape the seeds out with a teaspoon and cut it into thin half-moons.
Toast the trimmed bread lightly, butter it, cut it into fingers and serve with the pâté spread thickly and the cucumber alongside. The pâté keeps two days covered in the fridge and is worth making in full even if you eat it across two sittings.
Safety and storage
Cook to
63°C / 145°F in the centre (fish)
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C
Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.
Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.
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