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Avocado and Pilchard Pate

By: Lowie Pete

"Avocado pears, tinned Pacific Pilchards (in brine) or tinned herring fillets (in oil) and stuffed olives - in combination, they will provide you with a very healthy, nutritious, and tasty snack. It's highly likely that if you serve this as a dinner starter, you will be asked 'How did you make this?'"

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What to Drink?
	Sauvignon Blanc
	Dirty Martini
	Special Lemonade

Prep Time:
15 Min

Ready In:
15 Min

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Original Recipe Yield 18 appetizer servings

Ingredients

2 large avocados - halved, peeled, and pitted
2 (3.88 ounce) tins herring fillets packed in oil or Pacific Pilchards
12 pimento-stuffed green olives, chopped
3 pickled gherkins, chopped
2 tablespoons capers, chopped
Worcestershire sauce
4 tablespoons mayonnaise
freshly ground black pepper to taste
4 green onions, finely chopped (optional)

Directions

In a mixing bowl, combine avocados herring fillets, olives, gherkins, and capers. Add chopped green onion if desired. Season with Worcestershire sauce and pepper. With an electric mixer, begin whisking together ingredients to make paste. Mix in mayonnaise to bind: for a rough mixture add in about 1 tablespoon mayonnaise, and for a smoother paste add up to 4 tablespoons. Chill for 4 to 8 hours.

Footnotes

As a starter serve on a lettuce leaf with a garnish of finely sliced tomatoes, a lemon wedge or two, and a sprig of parsley, accompanied by warmed melba toast. As a snack, put out the bowl with a range of plain and salted crackers/biscuits.