Summer: Fresh Mackerel Pâté

Home-made Mackerel Pâté is very good.  Just two mackerel will feed 8-10 people as a first course for a dinner party and the pate can be made well in advance, so there's no last minute preparation. It never lasts long in the fridge, dinner party or not! 2 medium mackerel 110g cottage cheese 150ml soured cream or Greek yoghurt Juice of 1/2 a lemon Sea salt, black pepper and grated nutmeg. Plenty of wholemeal toast and lashings of Guernsey butter to serve. Watercress or rocket to garnish Carefully skin and fillet the mackerel. Flake the fish and place it in a liquidiser, then add the cottage cheese, soured cream and lemon juice. Blend until completely smooth - you may need to stop and stir half way through. Spoon the mixture into a bowl, season to taste with a good grinding of sea salt & black pepper.  Add the nutmeg and possibly some more lemon juice. Spoon into individual ramekin dishes, cover and chill for several hours before serving. This looks pretty garnished with a few rocket leaves and a sprinkling of Cayenne pepper.