Sandringham Search Tower
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TypeStarter
Serves4 people
DateOctober 5, 2026
Neatly stacked, with six eggs as surveillance: a house search in starter form.
A layered tower of toasted white bread rounds, filled with a sharp smoked mackerel and horseradish mousse. The tower is surrounded by six halved quail eggs as undercover police cars: tidy on the outside, with a spicy filling inside. The whole dish depicts the estate search.
Ingredients
- 8 slices white sandwich bread
- 200 g smoked mackerel
- 100 g cream cheese
- 1 tbsp horseradish paste
- 2 tbsp crème fraîche
- 6 quail eggs
- 1 tbsp chives, finely chopped
- 1 tsp lemon zest
- pepper and salt
- olive oil
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180°C.
- Cut a circle from each bread slice using a glass or cutter (total 8). Brush lightly with olive oil and toast for 8-10 minutes until golden.
- Boil the quail eggs for 3 minutes, cool under cold water and peel. Slice them lengthwise.
- Remove skin and bones from the mackerel. Mix with cream cheese, horseradish, crème fraîche, lemon zest, chives, pepper, and salt until smooth.
- For each plate, build a tower: one bread round, a layer of mackerel mousse, another bread round, another layer of mousse, finish with a bread round.
- Arrange six halved quail eggs around each tower as 'undercover cars'.
- Garnish with extra chives and a drizzle of olive oil.
Serving notes
- Serve neatly on a white plate for the 'estate' effect.
- Place the eggs in a half-circle, as if staking out the tower.