Codfish Cakes using Salt Cod

"An old-time recipe that used to be my grandfather's favorite cold weather meal. The hot sauce is a new addition...=)"
 
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Ready In:
8hrs 10mins
Ingredients:
9
Serves:
8

ingredients

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directions

  • Soak the fish in cold water for at least 6 hours or overnight.
  • Change the water at least 3 times during the soaking.
  • Remove the fish from the water and rinse well.
  • Place it in a saucepan filled with fresh cold water and set it over medium-high heat.
  • Bring the mixture to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes.
  • Drain the fish and let stand until cool enough to handle.
  • Combine the breadcrumbs and milk in a small bowl and let soak.
  • Using a fork, flake the fish, removing any bones, into a large bowl.
  • Add the bread crumb mixture, the potatoes, butter, pepper, and hot pepper sauce.
  • Mix until well combined.
  • Form the mixture into 2 1/2-inch cakes.
  • Heat half the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Cook until the cakes are browned on both sides, about 2 minutes per side.

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Reviews

  1. I got some nice, thick salt cod fillets for this recipe and we all liked it very much. I would have liked a wee bit more flavour and think that a minced onion and a bit of garlic would be good additions. I do like the texture of salt cod so much better than regular cod, and we have it often, so we'll be making these again. Definitely a better fish finger for the kids.
     
  2. EXCELLENT recipe... salt cod has a much better flavour than many usual white fish varieties and this recipe makes the most of that wonderful flavour. We liked this so much that I made a small salad and DH and I just had these with it for dinner... and enjoyed every second of it too. I used Tabasco for the hot sauce and found my parsley was in very sad state indeed, so used coriander / cilantro instead, for the rest I folled the recipe exactly. Please see my rating system: 5 stars for a recipe that has already been enthusiastically requested again by DH and I will be making it often in the future because it is simply devine. Thanks!
     
  3. wow .. i had 2 fried onion and garlic to taste and it was amazing .. remember me gaspé canada
     
  4. This came out so good!!!! i made this quite a while ago but completely forgot to review it; another senior moment.Important is hat we loved it!!!!Thanks for posting.
     
  5. I love this recipe...it's very much like my grandmother's. She added an egg to ensure that fish cakes stayed together while cooking. I always cook the batter at room temperature. If you haven't tried this, you don't know what you are missing!! PS One important ingredient that I forgot to mention was grated parmesan cheese. Add about 1/4 to 1/2 cup to the mix of ingredients to provide a nice additional flavor.
     
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Zaar...Wow, what a place! I'm one of the old timers of Zaar. I can't count the number of wonderful dishes I cooked in the past few years since joining. Along the way I have had the pleasure of meeting several Zaar chefs. Talk about your fruits and nuts! lol. I have enjoyed meeting them all. Family: What's to say...I have had the same sweet husband forever (Good thing....I'd hate to have to break a new one in...=) and live close to a couple of grown children. (Maybe you've met Smoke Alarm Jr. ..her brown rolls are sooo good!) Therefore, my family gets together often to enjoy each other's company and cooking. My greatest joy is six "little to tallerthanme" kids running around calling me Grammy. They wear me out! lol For the past thirty years I have been a Special Education teacher for grades 9-12 and love it. Took some time off last year to recovery from surgery, chemotherapy and radiation for breast cancer. (Loved the radiation....I keep imagining that we are absolutely napalming the nasty cancer cells tohellandback to keep the little suckers from returning. =) My prognosis is good and now "I'm back in the saddle again". lol. Being a north country "gurl", I am happiest outside...walking, fishing, sitting in front of an outdoor fire or being on water (although in February it's a bit stiff....=0) When indoors I like to read, garden, knit, quilt and paint. During cold Maine weather I like to warm my feet on a very large ( 100 pounds of long legs and huge feet), sweet and furry golden retriever named Kerry (aka KTBRD: Kerry the big red dawg..lol) . In the summer, the dawg and I round up the grandkids, hit the local dairy bar for a Mounds Sundae that is to die for!!!=0) . Then spend a lot of long and lazy summer days at camp . All in all...Boy, Life is good! =)
 
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