Crab and Salmon Fishcakes with Tartare Sauce, from Meatballs Restaurant at the Quality Chop

Jan. 31, 2012 - PRLog -- Crab and Salmon Fishcakes with Homemade Tartare Sauce, from Meatballs Restaurant at the Quality Chop House
Serves 2

For the Fishcakes
250g baking potatoes
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
250g salmon, poached, flaked, bones removed
150 white crab meat
150g brown crab meat
1 tbsp good quality mayonnaise
Handful fresh flat leaf parsley, chopped
Handful fresh dill, chopped
1 red chilli, finely chopped
1 tsp Dijon mustard
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 tbsp olive oil

For the Tartare Sauce
4 tbsp good quality mayonnaise
4 small cornichons or gherkins, finely chopped
1 tbsp capers, rinsed
Handful fresh flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
½ lemon, juice only
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper


Preparation method
1. Preheat the oven to 200C/400F/Gas 6.
2. For the potatoes, boil the potatoes in a large pan of salted water for
15-20 minutes or until tender. Drain, and allow to cool.
3. Crush the potatoes slightly with a fork, season, to taste, with salt and
freshly ground black pepper, and drizzle over the oil. Tip into a bowl.
4. Combine the salmon, white and brown crab meat, mayonnaise, parsley, dill, red chilli and Dijon mustard and mix into the potatoes.. Season to taste with salt and ground black pepper.
5. Shape the mixture into cakes using your hands, and chill in the fridge until firm.
Prepare the fishcakes in advance and chill. Remove from the fridge 30 minutes before cooking
6. For the tartare sauce, mix all of the ingredients together in a bowl
and season to taste with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Set aside.
7. To cook the fishcakes, heat the oil a large frying pan over a
medium-high heat.  Fry the fishcakes in the oil for 3-4 minutes on
each side, or until golden-brown and crisp.


For more information please visit www.meatballs.co.uk or call 020 3490 6228 and follow @meatballsfamily on Twitter.
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Notes to editors
Meatballs is a new casual dining restaurant which opened its doors in September 2011, that gives customers the option to eat in or taken away. Located in the iconic Quality Chop House on Farringdon Road next to Exmouth Market, the English Heritage listed property provides an informal but high quality dining experience at great value. The dishes are all made on the premises and customers have a choice of beef, chicken, lamb, pork and vegetarian meatballs as well as a weekly guest special.  The meatballs are accompanied by a selection of sauces and choice of sides, from salad and mashed potato to pasta. With the original six seater booths still remaining, Meatballs is a surviving example of a working men’s chophouse from the 1870s, and allows customers to experience the communal dining of a classic Victorian dining room.

For more information or to book a table, please visit www.meatballs.co.uk or call 020 3490 6228