Fish Cakes With Herbed Sauce (German)

"Continuing my recipe quest thru *Modern German Food* by Roz Denny, this recipe intrigued me. Iceland is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, so seafood abounds & we often eat fish cakes (usually made w/white fish, salmon, tuna or crab). *Fischfrikadellen mit gruner Sauce* in German, this recipe uses white + smoked fish fillets & then compliments them w/an equally intriguing herbed sauce. I have not made this, but it will be on my cooking agenda after our return from the U.S. in mid-Nov. *Edited to Add* on 4/3/08 -- I have made this recipe now, modified the sauce slightly to add some flavor zip & added a note below the prep Re a substitution that works well. *Enjoy* !"
 
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Ready In:
42mins
Ingredients:
14
Yields:
8 Rd Fish Cakes
Serves:
4
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ingredients

  • FOR FISH CAKES

  • 2 potatoes (peeled)
  • 1 onion (divided per Prep Step #1)
  • 9 ounces white fish fillets (skinned & bones removed)
  • 9 ounces smoked fish fillets (skinned & bones removed, may use shrimp as I did & see Note below)
  • flour (sml amt for dusting)
  • canola oil (for shallow frying)
  • salt & freshly ground black pepper
  • FOR HERBED SAUCE

  • 2 ounces mixed herbs (See note Re Herb Mix)
  • 4 tablespoons Quark (or sub cream cheese)
  • 2 tablespoons milk
  • 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
  • 2 teaspoons mustard (sweet variety)
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice (or 4-6 drops Tobasco)
  • 2 eggs (hard-boiled & roughly chopped)
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directions

  • Coarsely grate potatoes & squeeze out all excess moisture. Coarsely grate onion. Add half the onion to the potatoes & reserve the other half for the sauce.
  • Chop fish fillets roughly, place in a food proc w/some freshly ground black pepper & whizz to a smooth paste.
  • Combine fish paste w/the potato/onion mixture & add salt as desired, remembering the smoked fish provides a salt component. Shape mixture into 8 rd cakes & set aside.
  • Wash out the food proc & make the sauce by blending your chosen herbs till finely chopped (See note below Re Herb Mix).
  • Add remaining sauce ingredients + reserved grated onion & pulse to a slightly chunky puree - not smooth as it should have some texture. Taste sauce, add salt & pepper as desired, transfer to a bowl & set aside.
  • Dust fish cakes lightly w/flour. Heat oil to a depth of 1/2-inch & fry cakes (in 2 batches as needed) for about 3 min on ea side over med-heat. Drain on paper towels & reheat oil to cook 2nd batch. Serve fish cakes w/sauce & a fresh tomato salad.
  • RE HERB MIX: (Quoted from recipe) "Choose from parsley, chives, chervil, dill, marjoram, sorrel, coriander, basil, tarragon, borage, lovage, rocket or baby spinach. Use the more pungent herbs sparingly.".
  • NOTE (Added 4/3/08) ~ When I made this dish, I unexpectedly found myself w/o smoked fish to use -- so I subbed Icelandic baby shrimp & it worked very well. If you make the recipe using this sub, I advise adding 1 tsp (or more as desired) of Old Bay Seasoning to the fish cake mixture.

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Reviews

  1. This was good, especially the sauce. My cakes may have been a bit thick, so they didn't get as crunchy as I'd hoped. I will keep it but I will need to get the hang of it.
     
  2. This is definitely a keeper! We loved the fish cakes and the sauce. I only had smoked fish and they were delicious. Next time I will try a mixture. Thanks for this recipe.
     
  3. I just made the sauce...great fry sauce!
     
  4. This goes to together very quick and makes a delicious fish dish. I did use baby shrimp and Old Bay seasoning. The shredded potatoes were spun dry in my salad spinner. The fish mixture was formed by hand into patties. For the sauce, I used a combination of basil, Greek oregano and thyme and Creme Fraiche for the Quark. I will keep this to try when I have smoked fish.
     
  5. I have had this saved for a while to make, annoyed I have left it so long as this is a wonderful recipe. We absolutely loved the sauce, exceptional flavour. I made with white fish, smoked fish and salad prawns. The smoked fish I had was not enough in weight so I mixed in some prawns as well. I will say it was perfect in flavour, but I will say the weight of my smoked fish was only 170g and this was perfect. The amount listed is for about 255g I think this might over power these wonderful fish cakes. Although I will say I added extra seasoning as well, so this may be why. Whatever I may have changed. This is a wonderful dish and one I will be making again. Gorgeous, a definite winner twissis.
     
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I am an American transplanted from Dallas to Iceland by marriage to a native Icelander & I retired to become his "Kitchen Queen". We love to entertain our family & friends, so I have an eclectic collection of recipes. I especially love simple, easy-fix, flexible & make-ahead recipes - BUT also like challenging myself on occasion. I enjoy baking & food photography. I am devoted to the "More is Always Better Principle" & apply it liberally to bacon, butter & garlic. I can have ingredient issues due to availability here in Iceland & my DH is medically diet-restricted from some ingredients as well. Either situation might require me to modify a recipe, but I will do my best to be true to your recipes & fair/honest in my reviews. Mary Pat (aka twissis)
 
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