New Year Irish Salmon & Crab Cakes
By: Sean Monaghan
Published: Sunday, January 8, 2012 - 10:54am

Ingredients




Salmon/crab cake Ingredients
1 Smoked salmon (Union Hall Smoke house Cork) or ordinary salmon fillet.
2 packs of crab meat (Ted Browne of Dingle Co Kerry).
Spring Onions (2 bunches)
Ginger (approx a thumb length)
Garlic (1 head)
1 Cuthberts bakery round loaf (which is a small round crusty bread loaf)
Mayonaise approx 3 large tablespoons
Sweet Corn
3 Red chillis
Bunch of Dill (or corriander).
Salt
A few dashes of Lea & Perrins sauce
1 lime
Mayo dipping sauce
Mayonaise (I just used Hellmans)
1 lime (juice and grated zest)
2 cloves of Garlic

Preparation

1 To make these cakes a food mixer/blender is really all thats needed. 2 First blend up the bread to make breadcrumbs, place in a bowl and set aside. 3 Then literally blend all the other ingredients together to whatever consistency is to your own personal taste. 4 Next transfer the mix into a large bowl, and mix with almost half the bread crumbs taking care to ensure that the mix stays moist . 5 Next with a spoon take a spoonful and put onto some bread crumbs on a plate and roll in these, shape the ball into a cake shape and place on a clean dish see image below. 6 Finally put on a hot pan with a good glug of rapseeed oil or olive oil. I like also as soon as they go onto the pan to squash them down into a thin cake using a fish slice at this stage to help them cook quicker. And after 3 to 5 mins flipping on both sides turning the cakes golden you have a very tasty meal. Serve with salad and side lime/garlic dipping mayo. 7 Note any fish can be used for this recipe and I intend to vary them as the year goes by.

About

Sean Monaghan is one of Ireland's leading wedding, portrait and landscape photographers. A photographer with a passion for good food, 'A taste of Cork' is his first book.
Sean updates his food travels on his blog http://atasteof-ireland.com
He is available for phototours and food tours.
His Portfolio can be viewed at www.seanmonaghanphotography.com, www.monophotography.ie and his fine art photographic prints can be purchased at www.photogalleryireland.ie