Smoked Trout Paté with Lemon and Dill, Gluten Free

Happy Easter!

 

Hello followers! If you are in the Toronto area, make sure to head down to the St. Lawrence Market for all of your Easter dinner needs!

Easter has arrived early this year and has caught a lot of us off guard! We love celebrating Easter in my family and we start it off by making homemade perogies on Good Friday. Once a year all of the ladies in the family gather to make the delicious savoury dumplings, using my Great Grandmother's recipe. After a long (yet fun!) day of kneading, rolling and cutting out dough, stuffing each round with our potato and cheese filling, we boil and fry the perogies up in butter. Finally the men and children come over to join us for a festive Good Friday meal! After dinner, it's time for the lively Easter egg hunt followed by a dessert of chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! Sunday and Monday we gather again to enjoy two very different Easter dinners. Sunday's feast showcases the traditional foods of my Grandmother's Ukrainian roots and Monday's features the good ol' English fare of my Mum's heritage. Both wonderful and both extremely delicious!

This year I have decided to stray a bit from tradition and make an offering of a smoked trout paté. So quick to put together and a lovely nibble to start any springtime meal, I just can't decide which Easter dinner I should bring it to! Ha!

 

Smoked Ontario Trout Paté with Lemon and Dill

(serves 6 to 8)

 

1/2 cup cream cheese, softened

3 tbsp butter, softened

1 tsp Dijon mustard

1/2 cup Ontario smoked rainbow trout, flaked

3 tbsp red onion, finely diced, plus a bit extra for garnish

1 tbsp parsley, finely chopped

1 tbsp dill, finely diced, plus extra sprigs for garnish

2 tsp lemon zest

Sea salt, to taste

Fresh ground pepper, to taste

 

Place all of the ingredients into a medium bowl and stir until well combined. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer to a serving bowl and chill for at least one hour before serving. Garnish with a few dill sprigs and serve with pieces of toast (made from regular bread or gluten free bread), fresh sliced baguette, crackers, crostini or other gluten free alternatives such a plain rice crisps. Enjoy!

I recently brought this paté to my nephew's first birthday party and it was a hit, especially with the birthday boy himself! Another great way to serve this paté would be on slices of cucumber, just try to wait until they are in season and locally grown! Okay followers, I have got to run! With a busy Easter upon us, I have a lot of preparations to do! Have a wonderful Easter weekend with your loved ones and I will be back again next week!