This is not what I intended to blog at all. But it was Hood#4’s turn to help with supper last night and he is quite an inventive little character – you know the man with a plethora of paperdolls.
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Now Monday is vegi-rice night and he wanted to add something unique – so I let him scrabble around in the cupboards and this is what he came up with:
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I added some breadcrumbs and eggs and wallah! We were headed for these:
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Actually, I had seen fish cakes all over the place this past week, they keep tripping me up and saying yummy – so I was quite pleased with his selection. Now this is a recipe that has a whole lot of things going on, but none of the steps are too difficult – for a five year old, say! Let’s get going:
Meet the Players:
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We used:
- A can of salmon
- A couple of potato’s
- A large glob of butter (that refused to be photographed)
- An onion and a tablespoon of crushed garlic (which also refused the whole photography thing!)
- A heap of herbs
- An egg
- Two slices of bread for breadcrumbs
Let’s Play the Game:
Step 1: Peel and chop the potato’s into equal bite size chunks, cover them in water and let them boil away for about fifteen minutes.
Step 2: While the potato’s are boiling you can make the bread crumbs. Tear the bread into chunks and pop them into the food blender. Zap them for a couple of seconds – not like hours little Hood!
Also, while you are waiting you can beat your egg in a small, deep enough to dip into, bowl.
Step 3: And while you are still waiting, since fifteen minutes is such a terminally long time… you can finally chop your onion and pop it in a pot with the garlic and a dollop of olive oil to soften them up.
Step 4: By now those potato’s must be ready… Take them off the heat. Get the mother person to drain them. Add your big blob of butter and get mashing and smashing.
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Step 5: Once your potato’s are roughly mashed pop your onions into the potato mix and your salmon and about half the egg. Mix away!
And don’t be shy with those herbs.
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Leave your mixture for a little bit to cool down enough to handle.
Step 6: Now you need to set up a production line…
- flour on your hands so that everything doesn’t stick to you
- roll a bit of your mixture in a ball and squash it a little bit flat
- quickly roll it in the beaten egg
- quickly roll it in the breadcrumbs
- place it on the greased baking tray
Step 7: Bake your fish cakes on the baking tray at about 200 degrees Celcius for about 8-10 minutes a side.
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And you are done.
Yum, yum that was fun!
I *love* fishcakes but have never actually tried making them. I think I’m going to give it a shot! There is a thai place a town away from mine and whenever I’m there I pop in for two take-out fish cakes with chili-lime sauce. HEAVEN! Thanks for the great idea!
You read my blog!!! I am the happiest camper in town!!!
lol, those look and sound lovely!, so now i gotta go look up the whole celsius to fahrenheit conversion thing – my children will love them, I do have a cook book i picked up in england that has the english/metric/american measure equivalents for each recipie — maybe it’s in there………hmmmm.
I’m reading your blog from the states, it’s currently 20 degrees fahrenheit, with yet another inch of snow on the ground, 30 inchs total i think for the season at my location but of course not all at once – i would not want to have to shovel all that at once!
Hi G, we are roasting under a hot African sun!!! i looked the temperatures up for you:
200 degrees celsius = 400 degrees Fahrenheit = Gas Mark 6.
Hope that helps – I should put a conversion table on my site for all you foreigners!!!