Tuna Paté

So the first thing I made in my food technology class was tuna paté. I practised it at home so I knew what I was doing at school. In the lesson it went really well and I didn't encounter any problems. Sorry, but I don't have a photo of this one.

Ingredients:

• 130g Tinned tuna/Smoked mackerel/Salmon/400g Tinned chickpeas
• 75g Cream cheese
• 1 tsp Lemon juice or rind
• 1 Clove garlic
• Salt and pepper

Vegetable batons

Choose 2 from:

• 2 Slices wholemeal bread for melba toast
• 1-2 Carrots
• 1 Pepper
• 1/2 Cucumber

As the method is really short I'm going to write it down here:

1. In a large bowl, mash fish or chickpeas with a fork.
2. Beat in the cream cheese and mix thoroughly.
3. Add the lemon, garlic and seasoning. 
4. Prepare the vegetable batons. Serve as a dip or use as a spread for sandwiches.
5. Make melba toast be cutting of the crusts from the bread. Roll flat using a rolling pin. Place under a grill and lightly brown on both sides or put it in the toaster.

My tips:

• If you are using chickpeas, make sure to blend them in a blender because they are too hard to just mash with a fork.
• Using lemon rind instead of juice will give a stronger taste.
• If toasting the bread for melba toast, be careful or it can easily get trapped in the toaster because it's so thin.

My review:

So it went really well when I made it at school. It wasn't a particularly hard as you don't have to use an oven or any heat. All you really do is mix simple ingredients in a bowl. But you do have to do it properly or it won't turn out right and won't taste very nice. Luckily, nothing went wrong and it was a very smooth make in school. The finished product tasted really good especially with the vegetable batons and the melba toast. It also looked really good even in a plastic box. As long as you put it in the fridge as soon as it's made it will keep long enough for you to eat it. Unfortunately, I kind of forgot about it so it didn't really get eaten. But, overall it was a really good make!