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Pouting Fishcakes recipe, eat well on universal credit

There’s a tale here…. I went to the supermarket for kitchen roll a couple of days ago. I always scout out the various known discount areas and on this occasion the fresh Fish counter paid dividends. Pouting fillets at 73p a pack. I nobbled a couple of packs and trundled home. After a bit of Googling and discovering that they are a member of the Cod family I scuttled back and collected the remaining packs. Some are in the freezer for a rainy day, some went into these rather spectacular (Modest there?!) Fishcakes.

This is probably a recipe for amusement only, I can’t see anybody else being bothered to replicate it. But we thoughts we’d go the whole hog and have Fishcakes, Chips and Mushy Peas. Just like you’d get from a chippy wrapped in newspaper 30+ years ago, but pimped up a bit!

Ingredients:-

Potatoes, peeled, boiled and mashed
Pouting fillets
Milk, to poach the Fish
2 Eggs, beaten
Spring Onions, chopped
Capers
Cuttlefish Paste
Lemon Juice
A couple of Anchovies, mushed
Breadcrumbs, Gluten free Bread wuzzed up for us
Salt & Pepper
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Boil and mash the Potatoes and set aside to cool slightly.
(2) Poach the Fish in the Milk, remove and allow to cool sufficiently to handle.
(3) Tease the flakes away from the skin and remove any small bones.
(4) In a bowl mix all the ingredients excluding the Egg and Breadcrumbs.
(5) Form the mixture into Fishcakes.
(6) Press each one into Breadcrumbs so that there are coated on all sides.
(7) Dunk in the Egg Wash and then repeat the Breadcrumb coating.
(8) Place in the fridge on kitchen paper for an hour to set slightly.
(9) Heat Oil in a frying pan and fry on both sides until golden brown.

Pouting is our new friend. However even though I flaked the fish after poaching by hand, some small bones still made it past me. Maybe more to do with the Fishmongers skills than the species of fish…..

 

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It seems we’ve never actually added our Onion Rings recipe of the Pea Risotto recipe. Both are repeat visitors to our meals. So here goes:-

Onion Rings

Ingredients:-

1 Large Onion
2 Eggs beaten
Seasoned Flour (Gluten free in our case)

Method:-

(1) Peal and slice the Onion into rings of about 1cm thick.
(2) Dip into the beaten Egg.
(3) Coat with seasoned Flour
(4) Deep fry on a fairly high heat until golden brown.
(5) Place on kitchen paper to drain.

Pea Risotto

When I was last in Manchester working I bought some Sticky Rice from a Chinese supermarket. It is very “Sticky”! But idea for a Risotto.

Ingredients:-

1 Onion finely chopped
2 Cloves of Garlic, minced
Frozen Peas
Chicken Stock
Risotto or Sticky Rice
Salt & Pepper
Oil

Method:-

(1) In a large pan, add the onion and gently sweat for about 10 mins until really soft.
(2) Add the Garlic and cook for a further 2 minutes on a low heat.
(3) Stir the Rice into the pan, increase heat to medium and sizzle the rice for 1 min.
(4) Add the Stock a little at a time and stirring continuously until the rice is tender and has a good creamy consistency.
(5) Add the Peas and season to taste stirring the peas in well.

We served these with marinated Pork ribs and home made Coleslaw.

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