CRAB AND SALMON FISHCAKES WITH HOMEMADE TARTARE SAUCE
Ingredients
- 250g/9oz small potatoes
- preferably red-skinned potatoes such as Roosevelt
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 250g/9oz salmon
- poached
- flaked
- bones removed
- 150g/5oz white crab meat
- 150g/5oz brown crab meat
- 1 tbsp good quality mayonnaise
- handful fresh flatleaf parsley
- chopped
- handful fresh dill
- chopped
- 1 red chilli
- finely chopped
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 4 tbsp good quality mayonnaise
- 4 small cornichons or gherkins
- finely chopped
- 1 tbsp capers
- handful fresh flatleaf parsley
- finely chopped
- ½ lemon
- juice only
- 1 tsp grated fresh horseradish
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 2 large handfuls fresh baby spinach
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
- For the potatoes
- boil the potatoes in a large pan of salted water for 15-20 minutes
- or until tender. Drain
- and then return to the saucepan.
- Crush the potatoes slightly with a fork
- season
- to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper
- and drizzle over the oil. Tip into a roasting tin and roast in the oven for 25-30 minutes
- or until golden-brown and crisp.
- Meanwhile
- for the fishcakes
- combine the salmon
- white and brown crab meat
- mayonnaise
- parsley
- dill
- red chilli and Dijon mustard in a bowl. Season
- to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Shape the mixture into cakes using your hands
- and chill in the fridge until the potatoes are almost ready.
- For the tartare sauce
- mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl and season
- to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.
- To cook the fishcakes
- heat the oil a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Fry the fishcakes in the oil for 3-4 minutes on each side
- or until golden-brown and crisp.
- For the spinach
- place the spinach into a small frying pan over a medium heat and cook for 1-2 minutes
- or until wilted. Drizzle over the olive oil and season
- to taste
- with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- To serve
- divide the fishcakes between two serving plates
- place the roasted potatoes and spinach either side
- and spoon the tartare sauce around the edge of the plate.

