Fishcakes with Winter Salad

Descripton

A Modern European dish that can be served as a starter, side or even a main.

Serves

4

Ingredients

Fishcakes:

250 grams potatoes
250g salmon tail
125g cooked shelled prawns
1 pack fresh coriander, finely chopped
15 ml mayonnaise
100 grams fresh breadcrumbs
1 tablespoon sunflower or corn oil

Winter Salad:

40 grams red cabbage
2 medium precooked beetroot
150 grams red grapes
½ dessert apple
75 grams seeded raisins

Dressing:

75 ml fresh orange juice
1 tablespoon mustard
Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Finely chop the coriander.
2. Finely shred the red cabbage.
3. Chop the beetroot.
4. Half and seed the grapes.
5. Skin, core and chop the dessert apple. Scrub and peel the potatoes. Cut into quarters. Boil in a saucepan of water until soft (approx 12 minutes).
6. In a salad bowl, mix together the cabbage, beetroot, red grapes, apple and add raisins.
7. Whisk gradually the orange juice into the mustard. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
8. Skin the salmon tail. Fillet to remove bones. Chop and place in a food processor.
9. Drain the potatoes.
10. Add the potatoes, prawns, coriander and mayonnaise to the food processor. On a low setting, process until well mixed.
11. Shape the mixture into four fishcakes. Coat with breadcrumbs.
12. In a frying pan (preferably non-stick), add the sunflower or corn oil and fry the fishcakes for approximately 5 minutes on each side.
13. Add the orange juice and mustard dressing to the salad and serve with the fishcakes