Salmon and pumpkin fishcakes
Another use for your garden squashes and pumpkins.
Make a larger batch of these tasty salmon and squash fishcakes and freeze the excess.
Salmon and pumpkin fishcakes | |
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Servings: | Serves 6 - Makes about 12 fishcakes |
Calories per serving: | 165 |
Ready in: | 1 hour 10 minutes |
Prep. time: | 10 minutes |
Cook time: | 1 hour |
Difficulty: | |
Recipe author: | Chef |
First published: | 23rd October 2012 |
Best recipe reviewUnusual, but good! 4.4/5 Sounds very odd, but it worked rather well. A good idea! |
Ingredients
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- 1 small squash - about the size of a very large grapefruit
- Olive oil
- 2 fresh salmon fillets
- A little milk
- 2 teaspoons butter
- A few spring onions, finely chopped or a bunch of chopped chives
- A handful of fresh parsley, chopped
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons plain flour
- 1 egg beaten with a little milk
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 120 g breadcrumbs
Mise en place
- Preheat the oven to 190Β° C (375Β° F - gas 5)
Method
- Place the salmon fillets in a flat dish and add a little milk, or milk and water, so the salmon is just covered.
- Halve the pumpkin and remove the seeds, leave the skin on as it's easier to remove the flesh after cooking than it is to peel first.
- Cut a few slashes in the squash, drizzle with olive oil and season well
- Roast in the top of the oven for 30 minutes or until the flesh is soft
- After the squash has been roasting for 15 minutes, bake the salmon, covered, in the bottom of the oven for the last 15 minutes.
- Scoop the pumpkin flesh into a bowl, add the butter, seasoning, chives or spring onions, lemon juice and seasoning and mash well.
- Drain the fish and discard the milk. Remove the skin from the salmon and flake into a bowl with the squash, add the flour and mix well.
- Shape into oval patties, coat with beaten egg and roll in the breadcrumbs. Refrigerate for 30 minutes to allow the flour to absorb moisture.
- Shallow fry for a few minutes a side turning often.
Serving suggestions
Serve with a green salad and Allioli a la moderna (garlic mayonnaise)
Variations
Add sesame seeds to the breadcrumbs Use cornmeal or masa harina instead of flour for different flavour and texture. I used 2 large ladles of masa this time and they were really special fishcakes.
If spring onions or chives are out of season, peel and slice a small onion, gently fry without colouring and add as a substitute.
Add some chopped chillies to the fishcakes for a little bite!
Add some chopped prawns or king prawns to make them stretch even further
Chef's notes
If you don't want to use an oven, the squash can be sliced and boiled in water as you would potatoes. Leave the skin on for ease of preparation. Half cover the salmon with milk and simmer in a shallow pan for 6 minutes, turning once.
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