Lunch

Smoked Mackerel Pâté on Rye Toast

Name: Smoked Mackerel Pâté on Rye Toast
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 serving
Ingredients: 80 g Smoked mackerel; 60 g Quark; 2 tsp (12 g) Creamed horseradish; A squeeze Lemon juice; 2 slices, about 80 g Rye bread; 60 g Cucumber; A small bunch, snipped Chives; To taste Black pepper

Smoked mackerel beaten into quark with horseradish and lemon, spread on toasted rye with cucumber and chives. 29 g of protein for 482 kcal.

Calories: 482kcal
Protein: 29g
Fat: 23g
Carbs: 39g

Per serving, makes 1. 10 minutes of work. Published 8 September 2026.

Allergens

Gluten
Milk
Eggs
Fish

Creamed horseradish is made with cream and often egg yolk. Plain grated horseradish carries neither.

Flags follow UK labelling rules and come from the ingredients as listed, not from any particular brand. Check the packet before cooking for somebody with an allergy.

Ingredients

Smoked mackerel80 g
Skin peeled off and any pin bones pulled out. Smoked mackerel is a quarter fat by weight, so the portion is 80 g. As sold. Most of the fat in any dish it is in.
Quark60 g
Lightens the pâté where a shop version uses cream cheese.
Creamed horseradish2 tsp (12 g)
Lemon juiceA squeeze
Rye bread2 slices, about 80 g
Cucumber60 g
ChivesA small bunch, snipped
Black pepperTo taste

Method

Flake the mackerel into a bowl. Add the quark, horseradish, lemon and pepper and mash with a fork until it is a rough spread, not a smooth paste.
Toast the rye. Spread the pâté thickly over both slices.
Top with the cucumber in thin rounds and a lot of snipped chives.

Worth knowing

The fat here is 23 g and nearly all of it is the mackerel. Quark in place of cream cheese is what keeps the rest of the plate to almost nothing.
The pâté keeps for two days in the fridge and is worth making double.

Other lunch recipes that share ingredients with this one, or every lunch between 450 and 600 calories a serving.

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Macros are calculated from the weights listed above using standard food composition values, and will shift with your own brands and measuring. Weigh what you can. This is a recipe, not dietary advice. The full health disclaimer is below.