Just Keep Swimming Fish Cakes

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In the movie ‘Finding Nemo’ the character Dory has a wonderful determination to just keep swimming no matter what life throws at her. That’s what I’m thinking about when I take out a tin of tuna.

Just Keep Swimming Fish Cakes

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Ingredients

  • 200g stale breadcrumbs

  • 70ml milk

  • 200g tinned tuna (drained)

  • 1 red pepper

  • 3 spring onions/scallions

  • 1 handful of coriander (stalks and all)

  • 2 tablespoons sunflower oil

  • Salt & pepper

Method

  1. Put half the breadcrumbs into a large bowl and pour over the milk. Allow to soak for about 5 minutes.

  2. Add the tuna to the breadcrumbs and mash with a fork.

  3. If you have a mini-blender or stick blender, blend the pepper, onions and coriander into a loose paste, otherwise chop them as finely as you can. Mash this into the fish and breadcrumb mixture.

  4. Heat the sunflower oil in a non-stick frying pan on a medium heat.

  5. Take the remaining half of the dry breadcrumbs and put them on a flat plate.

  6. Use your hands to shape the fish mixture into small rounds, then pat into the breadcrumbs on either side to get a crumb coating.

  7. Fry in the hot oil until golden on each side.

  8. Serve with as many fresh vegetables as you can muster from the fridge or garden. I like to fill a soft wrap with the fish cakes and a little bit of lemony mayonnaise then top with garden leaves and scallions. Yum!

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