Polenta-Crusted Fish Cakes with Spicy Tomato Sauce

Name: Polenta-Crusted Fish Cakes with Spicy Tomato Sauce
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 2 Tbsps canola oil; 2 Tbsps chopped cilantro; 1 teaspoons crushed red pepper; 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 6 garlic cloves, minced; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; 680 grams skinless cod or halibut fillets, cut into 1-inch chunks; 2 teaspoons kosher salt; 1 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 Tbsps chopped parsley; 4 larges plum tomatoes, chopped; 59 milliliters instant polenta; 1 large fresh red chile, minced; 4 servings Salt; 2 Tbsps chopped tarragon; 1 Tbsp tomato paste; 79 milliliters water; 340 grams Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks

Polenta-Crusted Fish Cakes with Spicy Tomato Sauce is a gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe with 4 servings. This recipe covers 34% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This main course has 392 calories, 38g of protein, and 15g of fat per serving. Head to the store and pick up tomato paste, halibut fillets, plum tomatoes, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes around 45 minutes.

Instructions

In a large skillet, heat the olive oil.

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Frying Pan

Add the garlic and chile and cook over moderately low heat until fragrant, about 3 minutes.

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Garlic

Chili Pepper

Add the tomatoes and cook over moderate heat until thickened, about 10 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and water and simmer for 2 minutes longer.

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Tomato Paste

Tomato

Water

Add the tarragon and season with salt.

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Tarragon

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In a saucepan, cover the potatoes with water and bring to a boil. Boil over moderately high heat until tender, about 7 minutes.

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Water

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Drain well and lightly mash the potatoes with a fork.

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Potato

Spread the polenta in a pie plate. In a food processor, combine the fish, garlic, parsley, cilantro, salt, cumin, egg and crushed red pepper and pulse until the fish is coarsely chopped.

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Red Pepper Flakes

Cilantro

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Polenta

Garlic

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Cumin

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Transfer to a bowl and fold in the potatoes. Form the mixture into twelve 2-inch cakes (1/2 inch thick); coat with the polenta.

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Polenta

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In a large nonstick skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil.

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Cooking Oil

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Add half of the fish cakes and pan-fry over moderately high heat until golden brown and just cooked through, about 3 minutes per side.

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Fish

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Transfer to a platter. Repeat with the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil and fish cakes, adjusting the heat if the cakes get too dark.

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Fish

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Serve the fish cakes hot or at room temperature with the warm tomato sauce.

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Tomato Sauce

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Servings:

2Tbsps

canola oil 2Tbsps

chopped cilantro 1teaspoons

crushed red pepper 1large

egg, lightly beaten 4

garlic cloves, minced 6

garlic cloves, minced 2teaspoons

ground cumin 680grams

skinless cod or halibut fillets, cut into 1-inch chunks 2teaspoons

kosher salt 1Tbsp

extra-virgin olive oil 2Tbsps

chopped parsley 4larges

plum tomatoes, chopped 59milliliters

instant polenta 1large

fresh red chile, minced 4servings

Salt 2Tbsps

chopped tarragon 1Tbsp

tomato paste 79milliliters

water 340grams

Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir are my top picks for Fish. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. The Chehalem 3 Vineyard Pinot Gris with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 26 dollars per bottle.