Salmon Fish Cakes Recipes
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I love salmon, fresh, tinned or smoked - these salmon fish cakes recipes will give you some ideas to experiment.
You can substitute canned salmon for the fresh - wherever you see cooked fresh salmon in a recipe, you can normally substitute canned. Just drain it, take away the skin and bones and flake it.
Some people mash in the skin and bones, but personally, I don't like it.
Use one can of pink or red salmon or 4 oz of smoked salmon offcuts - you don't need to buy expensive slices for this as you're going to chop it up anyway.
Fresh Salmon Fish Cakes
6 oz (150g) cooked salmon
1lb (500g) cooked mashed potato
handful chopped fresh parsley or 2 teaspoons dried
1 egg - beaten
salt and pepper
milk
seasoned flour
oil for frying
Combine the salmon, potato and parsley. Taste and adjust the seasoning - then add your egg and mix to a firm consistency.
Divide the mix into 8 and make into fish cakes - rest in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
Dip in the milk then into the seasoned flour - twice if necessary to give the fish cakes a good coating.
Fry 3 minutes either side - ensure they are piping hot and serve - lovely with salad and mayonnaise.
A couple more ideas for fish cakes - substitute a tin of salmon for the fresh salmon and you have a really quick and easy meal.
I have on occasions used re-hydrated potato in fish cakes - it works fairly well.
Smoked Salmon Fish Cakes
4 oz (100g) smoked salmon
1lb (500g) cooked mashed potato
dill to taste - dried or fresh
4 oz (100g) cheese - optional, see method.
salt and pepper
egg
milk
seasoned flour
Combine the salmon, potato, dill and cheese - taste and adjust seasoning.
Add the egg and mix thoroughly.
Now at this point, you can either make the mix into fish cakes as above or pile the whole mixture into an ovenproof dish and top with the optional grated cheese.
This makes a delicious fish pie you can serve with peas, sweetcorn or cauliflower. It's like a super sized fish cake topped with cheese.
Bake at Gas Mark 5, 375F, 190C until the top is nicely bubbling and golden and the pie heated through.
Otherwise, this follows the other salmon fish cakes recipes in that you divide the mix, make into fish cakes etc etc.
Canned Salmon Fish Cakes
1 can salmon drained and flaked
1lb (500g) cooked mashed potato
dill to taste - dried or fresh
salt and pepper
milk
seasoned flour
Mix the ingredients together as before and divide the mixture into 8 and shape them into cakes. Rest in the fridge for about 30 minutes.
Dip them in milk then the seasoned flour. I tend to do this twice so they get well coated and when you fry them, they get really crispy on the outside. You could bake them in the oven for 20-30 minutes if you prefer - Gas Mark 5, 375F or 190C.
Serve with some vegetables and bread and butter if you like. Baked beans, peas, sweetcorn all go well with these salmon fish cake recipes.
Enjoy...
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Cook's Notes Packet mashed potato works well to make fish cakes. You simply make up the pack according to the instructions and substitute it for the fresh potato in the recipes above. If you buy the packs in the supermarket, it would work out more expensive than making your own mash but you can sometimes find very large bags of dehydrated potato flakes at bargain stores and this is one way of using it up and adding some flavor to it. I'm not too keen on it as a mashed potato substitute but as an ingredient it's great - super convenient and quite handy to have in the cupboard. It thickens soups really well - just add some to the hot soup and stir it until you've got the right consistency. In fish cakes and fish pies, it makes them super easy and tasty. You will need to taste before seasoning but you will cut out the bother of peeling, boiling and mashing the potatoes before you can start making the fish cakes. These salmon fish cakes recipes can become 'store cupboard' meals if you use a can of salmon and some packet mash - just right for end of the month when you're waiting for pay day or can't get to the shops because you just don't have the time! |
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Salmon Fish Cakes Recipes
By Liz Alderson, Mar 25, 2017
Salmon fish cakes recipes - make with fresh, canned or smoked salmon - recipes for all.
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 30 minutes
Yield: 4
Main Ingredient: salmon, potato, egg or cheese