Late lunch or a snack

Here's the recipe as promised :

Smoked Trout Mousse

400g smoked trout

2 tsp creamed horseradish (optional)

3 tbsp double cream

1 squeeze lemon juice

pinch of black pepper

Serves 4-6

Flake the trout and place in a mixing bowl with the horseradish and the double cream. Mash with a fork until well mixed, add a squeeze of lemon juice and season with black pepper – salt if required.

Will keep in the fridge for 2 days.

This mousse would also make an excellent canapé topping.

If you want to try a canapé idea, blinis are great! They are easily available – I got mine from M&S – 16 Cocktail Blinis for £2.50.

Here they are :

For those not in the know – a blini is a small, thin Russian pancake and in Russia served – if you can afford it – with caviar! There are variations on the theme sweet or savoury – a very useful addition to your canapé collection. Smoked salmon and cream cheese probably being one of the most popular.

You could be forgiven for thinking I am digressing. For once it's entirely deliberate, one recipe leads to another idea, which you might find even more useful, if you get my drift!

Coming up – Saturday evening meal ...