Recipe for fish cakes of flounder
I absolutely love fish, and it’s just a matter of making the most of the different kinds when they are in season. It’s a wonderful way to add something new to the home menu, so you don’t get stuck in the usual 10-20 dishes that we typically rotate between!
Right now there’s plenty of plaice, so I bought a large portion of loose frozen plaice fillets. I asked my daughter what she would most like for dinner.
Her answer was: Fish cakes!
Alright, so mom has to deliver! This is my version of fish cakes made exclusively from plaice. I have ALWAYS used cod, but this is definitely not necessary from now on. I’m totally convinced of that, because they turned out INCREDIBLY delicious.
I served the fish cakes with new potatoes (see my guide on how to cook the perfect new potatoes), steamed broccoli (you can also try with broccolini), curry sauce, and homemade sourdough bread.
Fish Cakes of Flounder
Ingredients
Fish Meatballs
- 400 gram Flounder Fillet
- 1 pcs. Onion
- 1 pcs. Egg
- 16 gram Potato Flour
- Salt and Pepper freshly ground
- Butter for frying
Curry Sauce
- 28 gram Butter
- 6 gram Curry
- 16 gram Wheat Flour
- 400 gram Milk
- 50 gram Cream optional
Instructions
- Put all ingredients into your mixer and blend everything together into a uniform mixture.
- Shape the mixture into cakes using a tablespoon.
- Heat your frying pan and add the butter when it's hot. My cakes didn't quite get the sear I wanted, which could have been solved with a hotter pan: If you add a bit of oil to the butter, it will raise the temperature, so I recommend you try that. You can of course also use ghee, which my husband is a big proponent of.
- Place the cakes in the very hot butter and let them fry for a few minutes on each side. If you place the cakes one by one in a spiral towards the center, you'll know exactly which cakes to turn first.
Curry Sauce
- Melt the butter over medium heat in a pot and add curry. Let the curry "sizzle" in the butter. This enhances the curry flavor.
- Add flour and stir well.
- Then add milk and stir well again.
- Let it simmer for a few minutes and optionally add cream.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste.