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Trio of fast fish dips for Pesach

Super fast, budget-friendly and perfect for schmearing and dipping

April 2, 2025 08:31
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From left: Tuna lemon/mackerel horseradish/salmon cream cheese Photo: Inbal Bar-Oz
1 min read

Cook: 0

Serves: 2-3 per dip

These budget-friendly dips and spreads are super simple to whizz up and brilliant for fast meals over chol hamoed. Delicious schmeared on matzah or scooped up with crunchy veg. Use them to top baked potatoes or to add protein to a salad.

Choose from a zingy tuna lemon paté packed with citrus zing; favourite bagel topping, salmon and cream cheese — a perfect pairing and more economical than smoked salmon; or mackerel spiked with horseradish (which most of us will have hanging around after our Seders).

Pick your favourite or whip up a batch of each.To serve:

Matzah crackers

Ingredients

For the tuna lemon dip:

1 x 160g tuna steak in oil

80g full-fat cream cheese

1 lemon - 2 tsp lemon zest and juice of half the lemon

2 tbsp capers, drained

For the salmon and cream cheese spread:

1 x 170g tin boneless, skinless pink salmon

75g full-fat soft cream cheese

15g dill, finely chopped

1 tbsp lemon juice

Black pepper

For the mackerel and horseradish pate:

2 x 125g tins mackerel in oil

4 tbsp Quark or other fat free Greek yoghurt or cream cheese

1 tsp lemon zest

1 tsp lemon juice

2 tsp horseradish

75g finely diced sweet, pickled cucumbers

2 tbsp roughly chopped flat leaf parsley (approx. 10g)

To serve:

Matzah crackers

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