Cycled in to work today, so was extra tired coming home. It was all I could do to help get groceries from the car, and drag the garbage bins to the curb. Good thing SO had dinner cased tonight. Was certainly smelling good as I sank down at the kitchen table. Potatoes plus salmon plus cilantro? Mmmm sounds fine to me.
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Salmon Cakes. Somewhat lacking in presentation,
but makes up for it in flavour. |
I'm not sure exactly what "traditional" salmon cakes are supposed to be like, maybe there isn't such thing. Perhaps it is just a variant of the more famous crab cakes. I know that I'm usually disappointed in crab cakes whenever I try them in restaurants. I don't think I'm overly fussy, maybe just high expectations. Oh well, this was pretty easy to throw together by the looks of it. And oh man, the cilantro just smells so fresh. SO put in one can of salmon, we agreed that 2 cans would have been better with the proportions of potato and cilantro that we had.
Next Time: Should have added the hot sauce, more salmon and maybe even more cilantro.
Me: 8/10
SO: 9/10
SSO: n/a, but I would guess 8/10
Salmon Cakes
Ingredients
- 3-4 medium potatoes
- a few green onions, diced
- handful of cilantro leaves, chopped
- a glob of dijon
- some grated lemon rind
- squirt of hot sauce
- an egg
- 2 cans of salmon
- salt & pepper to taste
Method
- Boil the potatoes in salted water until done, and drain.
- Mash the potatoes in a bowl with a fork until reasonably smooth.
- Add in green onions, cilantro, dijon, lemon, and hot sauce. Stir it up.
- Add the egg and the salmon, plus salt & pepper.
- Form into patties with your hands or using prep/plating molds, and fry in a bit of oil.
- Serve with lemon wedges. This could also benefit from a dill tartar sauce, or a lemon aioli.
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