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Sophie Dahl

Crab, salmon and dill fishcakes with homemade tartare sauce, roasted red potatoes and wilted spinach


Serves 2

Ingredients

For the potatoes

  • 250g small red new potatoes – par boiled (rosevelt very good)
  • Sea salt and freshly ground pepper
  • Olive oil

For the fishcakes

  • 250g salmon, poached in the oven with a squeeze of lemon/drizzle of oil and sea salt and freshly
  • 150g white crab meat
  • 100g brown crab meat
  • 1 tbsp of homemade or shop mayonnaise
  • Handful of flat leaf parsley , chopped
  • Handful of dill, chopped
  • 1 red chilli, finely chopped
  • 1tsp dijon mustard

For the tartare:

  • 4 tbsp homemade mayonnaise or good quality shop bought
  • 4 small cornichons, finely chopped
  • Small handful of capers
  • Handful of flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
  • lemon juice
  • Fresh horseradish – to grate to taste
  • A couple of large handfuls of fresh baby spinach to serve

Method

  1. Start with the potatoes. Heat the oven to 200C. Crush the parboiled potatoes slightly with a fork, season with salt and pepper and coat in a little olive oil then roast in the oven for around 25 – 30 minutes .
  2. Then make the fishcakes. Mix the poached salmon, two types of crab meat, mayonnaise, parsley, dill, red chilli and Dijon mustard in a bowl. Shape into cakes and allow to chill slightly in the fridge until the potatoes are almost ready. They can be as big or as small as you like – if they are around the size of a hamburger patty allow two per person.
  3. Make your tartare sauce. Mix together 4 tablespoons of mayonnaise, the cornichons, capers, parsley, a squeeze of lemon juice and some freshly grated horseradish. Season to taste and then put to one side while you fry your fishcakes.
  4. Heat a frying pan with a little oil. When it is hot, fry the fishcakes.
  5. Turn the fishcakes once the underneath is golden brown and crispy – allow the other side to do the same – this will probably take about 3 - 4 minutes on each side.
  6. When they are almost ready, wilt your spinach in a pan, drizzle over a little olive oil and season
  7. Serve the fishcakes with the tartare sauce, spinach and roasted smashed potatoes.
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  • Bad_Manners
    November 2010

    Not bad. I used less crab and they turned out a bit dry. I reckon you need more of a binding agent, maybe more mayo or more mustard? Perhaps even some mash?

    How about some instructions on how long to poach the salmon? I reckon I may have overdone it.

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