Cod, prawn, pea and rocket fishcakes
- Published: 5 Aug 16
- Updated: 18 Mar 24
Fish and potato doesn’t always have to equal fish and chips. These fishcakes require minimal effort and use fresh summer produce – an easy midweek dinner.
Ingredients
- 700g floury potatoes, such as maris piper, cut into even chunks
- 60g rocket
- 150g frozen peas, defrosted
- 180g raw sustainable prawns, peeled and roughly chopped
- Finely grated zest and juice 1 lemon
- 1 large free-range egg, beaten
- Small bunch fresh chives, snipped
- 250g boneless and skinless cod fillets
- Plain flour for dusting
- 3 tbsp olive oil
To serve
- Poached eggs and crisp green salad – optional
Method
- Bring a large pan of water to the boil and cook the potatoes for about 15 minutes or until tender. Drain, then mash the potatoes and set aside in a large mixing bowl to cool slightly. Add the rocket, peas, prawns, lemon zest and juice, beaten egg and chives along with a good pinch of salt and pepper. Mix together well.
- Meanwhile, half-fill a large frying pan with water and heat until just simmering. Add the cod and poach for 6-8 minutes until the fish is just cooked through. Using a fish slice, transfer the cod to a plate, pat dry with kitchen paper, then flake into large pieces with a fork.
- Gently mix the flaked cod into the potato mixture, trying not to break up the fish too much. Shape into 8 patties, then roll them in the flour.
- Heat a large frying pan with the oil over a medium-high heat and fry the fishcakes, in batches, for 3-4 minutes on each side until golden. Serve 2 per person, topped with a poached egg and with a green salad, if you like.
- Recipe from June 2016 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 382kcals
- Fat
- 11.4g (2.1g saturated)
- Protein
- 28g
- Carbohydrates
- 38.9g (2.6g sugars)
- Fibre
- 6g
- Salt
- 0.5g
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Double the ingredients to make 16 patties and fry them as in the recipe. Wrap each fishcake in cling film, then foil, and freeze. Cook from frozen in the oven at 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6 for 20-25 minutes until piping hot throughout.
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These sound delicious and well worth a go. Quick question – why is the oven pre-heated in Step 2? It doesn’t appear to be used!
Hello Debra,
Thank you for your comment. You are correct – the oven is not used in this recipe. However, you can always pop the fishcakes in the oven to keep warm.
We have removed this information from the recipe so as not to confuse anyone else.
Thanks again for bringing this to our attention.
The delicious. team
Do you need to cook the prawns before adding them to the fish cakes? Or is the pan frying sufficient?
Hello Erin,
The pan frying will be sufficient as long as they are heated till piping hot through.
Hope this helps.
The delicious. team