Dairy-Free Peppered Mackerel Pâté

1. Drain the chickpeas but reserve some of the liquid.
2. Process to a smooth paste in a food processor adding some reserved liquid as required to make a soft consistency.
3. Add the flaked skinned mackerel and process till smooth adding dry white wine, a generous pinch chilli flakes and about 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
4. Taste and adjust seasoning as needed.
5. Chill and serve with taco chips, sticks of carrot, cucumber and celery, mini oatcakes or oat bakes.

Cook’s Tip
Process a large tin of chickpeas and divide into 3 parts to make a fish selection of pates suggest using:- Fish4Ever Sardines, Fish4Ever Herring
Add a few Fish4ever Anchovies to the sardines and herring to give more flavour if liked.