Salt Fish Adventures at night [or salt fish fritters]

So, you get back home at 12:30 after an industry party – do you remove your make up and go to bed?  Nope you have the insane urge to get a head start on your 2015 project and spend 10 minutes rummaging through kitchen cupboards in the quest for salt fish [while being watched by two very judgemental cats].   Never said, sanity was my middle name!

I then plonked it in water to soak as Friday dinner was now going to be when I learn to make Salt Fish Fritters.  There are a variety of different recipes on the internet and I decided to approach it from the perspective of fish cakes so ……..

Ingredients:

250g salt fish [soaked for at least 24 hours with the water changed several times}

Three medium sized potatoes

One medium sized onion

1 tsp Thyme

1 tsp Smoked Paprika

3 cloves of garlic

1 lemon

2 spring onions

100g flour

• Cover the salt fish with water and simmer gently for 5 minutes then set aside;

• Peel the potatoes, chop and boil until right for mashed potato;
• Chop the onion and garlic before sautéing it in a little oil;
• Flake the fish and add the onion mixture;
• Add thyme and paprika [you can add more if fancy it] as well as finely chopped spring onion;
• Mash the potato when it is cooked and add to the fish mixture.

• Now add the beaten egg and mix before starting to add the flour
• The mixture should not be too sticky as you now need to roll it into balls.  The size depends on what you want, I like them bigger [but doesn’t everyone ( ;] but smaller makes them crisper;
• Put the balls onto a greased baking sheet and put them into the fridge for about an hour;

• Heat oil in a frying pan then pop in the balls and fry on both sides for about 5 minutes [obviously this will depend on the size].   They should be soft on the inside but nice and crispy on the outside.

Serve with lemon wedges and garlic mayonnaise or hot sauce and enjoy! 

BTW – it does help with a mild hangover, if I potentially had one so might be a good breakfast idea!

Lxx

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