Family meals: Easy fish cakes

Name: Family meals: Easy fish cakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 x pack fish pie mix (cod, salmon, smoked haddock etc, weight around 320g-400g depending on pack size); 3 spring onions, finely chopped; 100 milliliters milk; 450 grams potato, peeled, large ones cut in half; 75 grams frozen sweetcorn, defrosted; 1 handful grated cheddar cheese; 1 large egg, beaten; 1 serving olive oil, for frying

If you want to add more gluten free recipes to your recipe box, Family meals: Easy fish cakes might be a recipe you should try. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 126 calories, 6g of protein, and 3g of fat. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires pack fish pie mix, spring onions, egg, and cheddar cheese. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Family meals: Easy fish pie, Family meals: Easy lamb tagine, and Classic Family Fish Cakes.

Instructions

Cook the potatoes in boiling water until just tender.

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Potato

Water

Drain well and return to the pan on a low heat.

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Frying Pan

Heat for another minute or two to evaporate excess liquid. Mash the potato with a small knob of butter. Allow to cool.

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Butter

Potato

Put the fish spring onions and milk in a shallow dish, cover with cling film and cook in the microwave for 1 - 2 mins until just cooked. If you dont have a microwave, put everything in a saucepan and gently cook until just opaque and cooked through.

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Spring Onions

Fish

Milk

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Microwave

Sauce Pan

Drain the fish and spring onions through a fine sieve. Gently mix through the potatoes, avoiding breaking up the fish too much, along with the sweetcorn, cheddar and a generous grind of black pepper. Form into 6 - 8 patties. The cooler the mash potato is when you do this, the easier it will be to form the patties as the mixture will be very soft when warm.

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Spring Onions

Black Pepper

Corn

Potato

Cheddar Cheese

Cooler

Fish

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Sieve

Pour the egg on one plate and scatter flour on the other. Dip the patties in egg and then flour and arrange on a sheet of baking paper on a tray.

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All Purpose Flour

Dip

Egg

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Baking Paper

Put the patties in the fridge for at least half an hour to firm up if the patties feel very soft. At this point you can freeze the patties, wrapped individually. Defrost throughly before moving onto the next stage.

Heat a large frying pan with a generous glug of olive oil. When the oil is hot, carefully lower the fish cakes into the pan. Cook for 5 - 7 minutes or until golden brown underneath and then carefully flip them over. Fry for another 5 - 7 minutes or until golden on the bottom and heated all the way through.

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Olive Oil