Old Fashioned Fish Cakes With Sour Cream Sauce

These are the best flavoured fish cakes ever! You can use leftover cooked fish in this recipe.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 500  g  cooked  fish, flaked (eg. poached blue-eye cod)
• 2  cups  fresh white breadcrumbs
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh parsley
• 1  tablespoon  chopped fresh dill
• 1  tablespoon  chopped chives
• 1⁄2 bunch shallot, sliced finely
• 1  garlic clove, crushed
• 1  lemon rind, zested
• 1  tablespoon butter
• 2  eggs, beaten
•  oil, for frying
•  sour cream, sauce
• 250  ml sour cream
• 2  tablespoons  chopped dill
• 1  tablespoon  chopped capers
• 1  lemon, juice and rind of, zested

Directions

1. Cook the shallots in butter with garlic and lemon rind for a few minutes.
2. Mix the fish, breadcrumbs, herbs and shallot mixture together.
3. Add the eggs, salt and pepper.
4. Shape the patties.
5. Heat oil in a pan and shallow-fry the fishcakes on a medium heat until they are golden brown on both sides.
6. Serve warm with a sour cream sauce.
7. To make the sour cream sauce: Mix together ingredients and refrigerate before serving.