This Fish Grazing Platter is an intoxicating and delicious mix of fish, shellfish, pâté, avocado, vegetables, crackers, breads and Yorkshire Puddings.
Collect together your equipment (see Recipe Notes below) and ingredients.
Place the larger items on the platter first. I was using a wooden platter. To avoid any fats/oils being absorbed, you may wish to line it with some baking parchment. This is optional. To start with I added the:
- slices of smoked salmon with capers and sliced onion
- a small pot of sour cream or cream cheese
- Smoked Mackerel Pâté – served in a jar
- (Or you could use Smoked Salmon Dip with Horseradish, Lemon and Dill or your pâté of choice.)
- king prawns in prawn cocktail sauce, homemade or shop bought - served in a jar
- 2 fillets of freshly cooked hot smoked salmon fillets
- lemon wedges
- crackers
- fresh sliced bread
- vegetables such as sliced cucumber, sliced avocado, halved cherry tomatoes, sliced radish, trimmed spring onions
- fill spaces with lettuce leaves and fresh herbs – I used parsley and dill
- fill the centre with freshly cooked Yorkshire Puddings, or you could use blinis.
Equipment:
Prawns in Prawn Cocktail sauce/Mare Rose Sauce:
I used 250g cooked king prawns mixed with 4 tablespoons sauce.
When do you serve Grazing Platters?
Grazing Platters can be served as aperitivo, as a starter or main course or even after the meal, to finish up. As the name suggests, whenever you serve it, the idea is to spend time grazing, enjoying all the different choices over a period of time. In fact they are an ideal meal for New Year’s Eve if you are planning on staying up to see in 2022!
What to put on a Fish Grazing Platter:
Grazing Platters can include:
Common additional features alongside can include:
Tips on assembling a Fish Grazing Platter:
As everybody should help themselves, the food is intended to be finger food or food which can be easily cut or sliced; it is important to remember this when deciding what to serve. A few tips to remember: