I don't know if it was because we were at sea, but these Fish Cakes are the best I have ever tasted.
Ingredients:
1½ cups of boiled, mashed potatoes. (Don't mash too finely)
1½ cups of cooked, flaked fish.
1 egg.
1 medium onion, finely chopped.
½ a teaspoon of salt.
A good sprinkling of white pepper.
A heaped teaspoon of dry or fresh, finely chopped parsley. (If fresh, use a little less)
½ cup of flour. (To coat the fish cakes)
Cooking oil for frying
And the method is...
Combine all of the above ingredients (except the flower and oil) in a mixing bowl.
Form into balls a little larger than a squash ball or slightly smaller than a snooker ball.
Flatten the balls down to a thickness of around 12 millimeters (½ inch) and coat all sides with flower.
Heat the oil in a pan, (use a deep frying pan or pot if out at sea), over medium heat and fry patties until golden brown on both sides.
Enjoy as is or with a little tomato sauce (ketchup)
Notes:
From Carole Potter: Use a tin of mashed chick peas if potato is not available. (Probably less starchy than potatoes anyway).
Banana Fritters a-la Trinidad
This is one of my favorites...
Ingredients:
5 ripe bananas. (Over ripe ones will also do)
1½ teaspoons sugar.
1½ cups of sour milk. (Fresh will do but not as well)
1 cup drinking water.
About 2 cups of all purpose flour. (Banana sizes vary greatly)
Cooking oil for frying.
1 glass of port or sherry. (For the cook)
Method:
Finely mash the bananas, add the milk, water, and sugar, mix well.
Add enough flour to end up with a smooth batter that only just slides off a steel tablespoon.
Heat the oil in a pan, (use a deep frying pan or pot if out at sea), over medium heat, spoon tablespoon size amounts into the hot oil. Fry patties until golden brown on both sides.
Sprinkle with icing sugar and enjoy.
Notes:
The bananas for this recipe are 'this big...' If you are using those tiny 'ladies fingers' you can probably use seven and if you have those giant Caribbean bananas, probably only two.
If you don't have sour milk, make your own by adding a teaspoon of lemon or lime juice to 1½ cups of fresh full cream milk. Stir and let stand in a warm place for an hour or so.
For a luxury version, add a compote of finely cubed melons, and/or papaya (Paw paw), and/or apple on top of a couple of fritters and drizzle with fresh double cream or honey.
For the erotic version, substitute the cream with chocolate sauce....
Chocolate sauce:
Combine the following five ingredients in a saucepan over a very low heat until smooth.
Equal volumes of cocoa powder, full cream milk, butter, sugar and golden syrup.
Stir continually and don't overheat. As soon as the sugar has melted and the cocoa powder is mixed in properly, you are done.
Easy Banana Salad
Five minutes and you're done...
Ingredients:
3 cups of sliced just ripe bananas.
200 grams (½ a tin) of sweetened condensed milk.
¾ cup of mayonnaise. (I prefer Hellman's)
2 heaped tablespoons of plain yogurt. (Optional)
Method: (Follow carefully...)
Mix all the wet ingredients, pour over the bananas and combine gently.
Done !!
Notes:
Cool in a fridge if you can.
Bon appétit!
Next page.... (Sweet corn fritters, pancakes and potato patties)
