Potato/Tuna Patties (Nigella)

INGREDIENTS

350–500g cold mashed potato
418g tinned salmon, preferably organic
15g unsalted butter, melted (if the mashed potato hasn’t got any butter in it)
fat pinch cayenne pepper
grated zest of 1/2 lemon
salt and pepper
1 egg
for coating and frying:
2 eggs
100g matzo meal, preferably medium (or sub with breadcrumbs)
50g unsalted butter
2 tablespoons vegetable oil
Serving Size : Makes 7–9 x 7cm-diameter fishcakes.

METHOD

1. In a large bowl, and preferably with your hands, mix together all the fishcake ingredients.
2. Cover a baking sheet with clingfilm, plunge your hands back into the mixture and form fat, palm-sized patties. Place these on the baking sheet and stand in the fridge to firm up for about 20 minutes to an hour – or considerably longer if that helps.
3. Beat the eggs in a shallow soup bowl and sprinkle the matzo meal onto a dinner plate. One by one, dip the fishcakes into the beaten egg and then into the matzo meal, sprinkling and dredging over as you go to help coat them. When you’re all done, put the butter and oil in a large frying pan, heat till it begins to fizzle and then fry the fishcakes on each side until the crusts are golden, and speckled brown in parts, and the soothing centres are warmed through.