Sumptuous Salmon Cakes

Name: Sumptuous Salmon Cakes
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: a good dash of tabasco; 5 tablespoons oil; 1 lemon cut into wedges; 750 g (1½ lbs) fresh salmon fillet; 85 g (3 oz) fresh bread crumbs; 300 ml (½ pint) double cream; 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon or 2 tablespoons of dill, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon fresh tarragon or 2 tablespoons of dill, finely chopped; salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Game Cookery

By Patricia Lousada

Published 1989

About

These are - bar none - the best fish cakes I have ever tasted.

Ingredients

750 g (1½ lbs) fresh salmon fillet
85 g (3

Starter
Pescatarian

Method

Chop the salmon into 1 cm (½ inch) dice. Place in a bowl and add half the bread crumbs. Stir in the cream and season well with the tarragon, tabasco, salt and pepper. Form into 6 cakes and coat in the remaining crumbs. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Before serving, heat the oil in a frying pan and sauté for about 4 minutes each side. Serve piping hot with the lemon wedges.