Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, fish cakes. One of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
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Fish Cakes is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is appreciated by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Fish Cakes is something that I have loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can have fish cakes using 11 ingredients and 15 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Fish Cakes:
- Prepare 400 gms haddock fillet. You can use salmon, cod)
- Make ready 1 large potato
- Prepare 1 large or 2 small carrots
- Take Fresh herbs - thyme, coriander, spring onion, parsley
- Make ready 1/2 tsp roasted ground cumin
- Take 1 tsp smoked paprika (optional)
- Prepare Freshly ground black pepper
- Get to taste Salt
- Prepare Some liquid milk to poach the fish
- Get Bread crumbs
- Get Oil to fry and little butter
A great way to use and kind of leftover white fish. I used left over sheep head fish. Fry your fish cakes in two batches so you have enough room for flipping. I used my regular plastic spatula, but if you have a fish spatula *affiliate link, this would be a really great time to use it (the extra length helps you be maneuver a little better).
Instructions to make Fish Cakes:
- Start by poaching the fish. Prepare the fish by placing the fish fillet in a microwave proof bowl. Add some milk enough to cover the fish.
- Cover and steam in the microwave for about 3-4 minutes.
- Using a slotted spoon, carefully remove the poached fish from the milk. Leave aside.
- Next steam the root vegetables. Peel and cut the carrot and potato, cut in chunks.
- In the same bowl of milk add the cut vegetables, season with some salt. Cover and steam for about 5-8 minutes until softened. Cook longer if needed.
- Using a potato masher or a fork, mash the cooked vegetables. Keep some of the milk to add to the mashed vegetables if needed.
- Place in a mixing bowl. Add all the seasoning ingredients.
- Using a fork flake the steamed fish, fold into the mashed vegetables.
- Season with salt and pepper. Carefully add the fresh herbs to the mixture.
- Divide the mixture into four portions. Gently pat into a ball and shape into four fish cakes.
- Place some breadcrumbs on a plate. Coat the fish cakes generously with the breadcrumbs.
- You can either keep refrigerated and shallow fry when ready to eat.
- Shallow fry in a nonstick pan 2 minutes on each sides until golden. Finish off with a little butter for the finished golden look.
- Serve warm with some salad.
- To note these fish cakes can be frozen. Place on a square of parchment paper when freezing, as it will be easy to keep them separated apart. And easy to remove them individually when needed.
These Fish Cakes make the perfect main or side dish on busy weeknights. Add a simple salad to complete the meal. Gently place each patty in the bread crumbs and turn to coat evenly. Heat the oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat. Mash the potatoes and fish together.
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