salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 spring onions
200g tin of tuna steak
1 tablespoon Greek Yoghurt ( or a little butter)
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
50g plain flour
100g fresh wholemeal breadcrumbs (about 5 slices with crusts removed whizzed in a blender or food processor)
1 egg
a little milk
oil for frying
Try this tartar sauce ? or simply serve with ketchup or mayonnaise
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1 tablespoon natural yoghurt
1 tablespoon chopped parsley
1 spring onion chopped
2 gherkins, chopped
2 teaspoons capers, chopped
salt, freshly ground pepper, lemon juice
- Peel the potato and cut into even sized pieces. Boil gently in salted water until tender.
- Meanwhile: trim and chop the spring onion, squeeze all the liquid out of the tin of tuna fish and use a fork to break the fish into flakes.
- Drain the potato and mash over a low heat. Gently stir in the yoghurt, onion, fish, mustard and parsley. Season with salt and pepper.
- Lightly dust the hands with flour and shape the mixture into 6 cakes.
- Beat the egg together with a little milk. Put the flour on one small plate and the breadcrumbs onto another.
- Carefully coat each fish cake in flour, then the egg and then the breadcrumbs.
- Now make the tartar sauce: mix everything together and season with salt, pepper and lemon juice.
- Heat 0.5 cm oil in a frying pan. Test to see if it is hot enough by adding a pinch of breadcrumbs, if they sizzle the oil is ready. When hot fry the fish cakes for about 2 minutes on each side until golden brown. Lift onto paper towel to drain off the excess oil before serving.
- The fish cakes can be chilled for several hours before cooking
- Fresh, cooked fish, tinned salmon or cooked vegetables can be used instead of tuna fish