A while back I showed you how quick and easy it is to make fishcakes using tinned mackerel.

This time I bring you something similar but made with fresh hake. It’s a breeze to prepare provided you have stale bread in your freezer, some fresh fish and a few other key ingredients.

You can serve these as a starter on a bed of salad leaves or as a main meal with some delicious side dishes. It’s delicious when accompanied by a chilli and tomato chutney and rice.

However I often keep it very simple even as a main meal and served the fishcakes as a light supper with green salad oven-roasted potato wedges at the side. A great and wallet-friendly meal as we head into spring.

Fishcakes served with salad and oven-roasted potato wedges.

Here’s all you need to get these fishcakes made. You can check out the method in pictures below the recipe.

Ingredients for fishcakes

Easy hake fishcakes

2016-09-05 14:45:12

Quick and easy fishcakes made using fresh hake.

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Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

15 min

Prep Time

15 min

Cook Time

15 min

Ingredients

1. 300g fresh hake fillet
2. 4 slices of stale bread
3. 1 small onion, finely diced
4. 1 egg
5. 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
6. Salt and pepper to taste
7. 1 teaspoon cumin
8. 2 teaspoons coriander
9. 1 teaspoon chilli flakes
10. 1 clove garlic, crushed
11. Zest of whole lemon
12. Chopped fresh coriander

Instructions

1. Steam hake until just about cooked. Allow to cool before flaking fish. Remove any bones that may still be in the fillet.
2. Soak stale bread in water until it softens. Squeeze out excess water and add this to your mixing bowl.
3. Into the soaked and squeezed bread, stir in the onion, seasoning, spices, fresh coriander lemon juice and zest, and egg. Mix thoroughly so that all the flavourings are evenly distributed.
4. Gently stir in the pieces of steamed and flaked hake. This way you get chunks of fish when you take a bit of your fishcake.
5. Shape into fishcakes and fry in shallow oil until crispy on the outside and soft inside.
6. Serve with salad and potato wedges.

By Aneeqah Emeran

From My Fingertips http://www.frommyfingertips.com/

Fishcakes: Bread mixed with flavouring.

Fishcakes: Hake being stirred though

Fishcakes frying

Fishcakes frying

Fishcakes ready to eat.

Like fishcakes? Let me know your favourite ways of eating them in the comments section below.