Pumpernickel with maties and mango salsa

Ingredients for 4 slices of pumpernickel

  • 4 slices of pumpernickel
  • Cream cheese to spread on the slices of pumpernickel
  • 1 head of romaine lettuce
  • 300 gram maties
  • 1 mango
  • ½ cucumber
  • 1 chilli pepper
  • ½ bunch of spring onions
  • ½ grated ginger
  • 2 tbsp. lime juice
  • pepper and sweet paprika powder according to taste

Preparation

  1. Peel the mango and cut the flesh into small pieces. Wash the cucumber and halve it. Scratch out the seeds using a spoon and dice the cucumber. Cut the spring onions into rings (save a few pieces slices for garnishing) and mix everything in a bowl.
  2. Cut open the chilli pepper and remove the seeds. Finely chop a quarter of the chilli and sprinkle it over the mango.
  3. Season with ginger, pepper, sweet paprika powder and lime juice and leave for 2 hours to marinade.
  4. To serve, quarter the pumpernickel and spread with cream cheese. Place a leaf of lettuce on top. Cut the fish into bite-sized pieces and place on the lettuce. Then place the mango salsa onto the fish and garnish with spring onions.

Photo credits: Susanne Brauer