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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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Well it seems an odd combination for an Asian recipe. But we’ll give anything a go….

Sauce Ingredients:-

2 Tbsp of Oyster Sauce (Gluten free here)
2 Tbsp of Soy Sauce (Gluten free here)
1 Tbsp of Chilli Paste
1 Tbsp of Fish Sauce
1 Tbsp of Honey
½ a Tsp of White Pepper
1 Tsp of Cuttle Fish Paste

Main Ingredients:-

120g of Rice Noodles
2 Shallots, finely diced
4 Cloves of Garlic, minced
10 King Prawns
100g of Pickled Cockles, drained
2 Eggs
100g of Bean Sprouts
20g of Chives, cut lengthways
2 Sweet Chilli Sausages, sliced
2 Red Chillies, sliced
Oil to fry

Method:-

(1) Add the Sauce ingredients to a bowl, mix well and set aside.
(2) Cook the Noodles according to the packet instructions making sure that they are pliable but not over done.
(3) Heat Oil in a large frying pan and add the Shallots and Garlic, fry until softened.
(4) Add the Sausage and Prawns and cook for a further 2 minutes until almost cooked.
(5) Drain and add the Noodles and stir in.
(6) Add the Cockles to the Sauce ingredients and stir into the Noodles.
(7) Continue to cook until the majority of the Sauce has evaporated.
(8) Push everything to one side of the pan and add the Eggs.
(9) Pile the Noodles over the Eggs and cook for a further 30 seconds, then stir well.
(10) Turn the heat off and add the Bean Sprouts and chopped Chives
(11) Garnish with sliced Chives, Spring Onions and Chillies.

We might be becoming Asian Food snobs. Although all the regular ingredients were there, we thought this dish was missing something. Can’t win them all….

 

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