
Fish cakes with salad and lemon yoghurt
Rata Cafe at Zealandia, Wellington have kindly supplied this delicious recipe that features on their award winning children's menu.

SERVES12
TIME TO MAKE1 - 2 hours
MEAL TYPEDinner
TIME TO MAKE1 - 2 hours
MEAL TYPEDinner
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Method
- Place fish in a medium sized saucepan with the milk, bay leaf and thyme
- Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for approximately five minutes, being careful not to overcook the fish
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool in the milk, once cool remove the fish and reserve the milk
- Break the fish into flakes and refigerate until needed
- Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water
- Bring to the boil and simmer until a fork can easily be inserted
- Once cooked, drain and mash with a little of the reserved milk to make a soft and moist mash- not so much that it becomes sloppy though
- place the corn in the microwave and cook on high for six minutes
- Once finished peel the corn and cut the kernels off with a sharp knife
- When mash has cooled down enough to handle add the corn, spring onions, eggs and flaked fish and mix gently
- Form into approximately 100g pattys
- Dredge pattys in flour then a little of the reserved milk and then into breadcrumbs
- Pan fry the pattys until golden brown on both sides then finish in an oven set at 180C for 10 minutes
- Serve with a dressing made by mixing the yoghurt, lemon juice and zest and a green salad
Note-
Rata Cafe use gluten free flour and breadcrumbs to keep this recipe gluten free.
- 400 gtarakihi fillets
- 250 mlreduced fat milk
- 1bay leaf
- 1thyme sprigs
- 1 kgagria potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 2whole corn cobbs
- 3spring onions, sliced
- 1egg
- 1/4 cupflour
- 1/2 cupbreadcrumbs
- 3 tbspolive oil
- 150 mlreduced fat yoghurt
- 50 mllemon juice
- 5 glemon zest
Per serve
- Energy565kJ
- Total Fat1.8g
- Saturated Fat0.6g
- Total Carbohydrate18.6g
- Sugars3.2g
- Dietary Fibre1.9g
- Sodium130mg
Method
- Place fish in a medium sized saucepan with the milk, bay leaf and thyme
- Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for approximately five minutes, being careful not to overcook the fish
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool in the milk, once cool remove the fish and reserve the milk
- Break the fish into flakes and refigerate until needed
- Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water
- Bring to the boil and simmer until a fork can easily be inserted
- Once cooked, drain and mash with a little of the reserved milk to make a soft and moist mash- not so much that it becomes sloppy though
- place the corn in the microwave and cook on high for six minutes
- Once finished peel the corn and cut the kernels off with a sharp knife
- When mash has cooled down enough to handle add the corn, spring onions, eggs and flaked fish and mix gently
- Form into approximately 100g pattys
- Dredge pattys in flour then a little of the reserved milk and then into breadcrumbs
- Pan fry the pattys until golden brown on both sides then finish in an oven set at 180C for 10 minutes
- Serve with a dressing made by mixing the yoghurt, lemon juice and zest and a green salad
Note-
Rata Cafe use gluten free flour and breadcrumbs to keep this recipe gluten free.
Ingredients
- 400 gtarakihi fillets
- 250 mlreduced fat milk
- 1bay leaf
- 1thyme sprigs
- 1 kgagria potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 2whole corn cobbs
- 3spring onions, sliced
- 1egg
- 1/4 cupflour
- 1/2 cupbreadcrumbs
- 3 tbspolive oil
- 150 mlreduced fat yoghurt
- 50 mllemon juice
- 5 glemon zest
Ingredients
- 400 gtarakihi fillets
- 250 mlreduced fat milk
- 1bay leaf
- 1thyme sprigs
- 1 kgagria potatoes, peeled and quartered
- 2whole corn cobbs
- 3spring onions, sliced
- 1egg
- 1/4 cupflour
- 1/2 cupbreadcrumbs
- 3 tbspolive oil
- 150 mlreduced fat yoghurt
- 50 mllemon juice
- 5 glemon zest
Nutrition Facts
Per serve
- Energy565kJ
- Total Fat1.8g
- Saturated Fat0.6g
- Total Carbohydrate18.6g
- Sugars3.2g
- Dietary Fibre1.9g
- Sodium130mg
Method
- Place fish in a medium sized saucepan with the milk, bay leaf and thyme
- Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for approximately five minutes, being careful not to overcook the fish
- Remove from the heat and allow to cool in the milk, once cool remove the fish and reserve the milk
- Break the fish into flakes and refigerate until needed
- Place potatoes in a saucepan and cover with water
- Bring to the boil and simmer until a fork can easily be inserted
- Once cooked, drain and mash with a little of the reserved milk to make a soft and moist mash- not so much that it becomes sloppy though
- place the corn in the microwave and cook on high for six minutes
- Once finished peel the corn and cut the kernels off with a sharp knife
- When mash has cooled down enough to handle add the corn, spring onions, eggs and flaked fish and mix gently
- Form into approximately 100g pattys
- Dredge pattys in flour then a little of the reserved milk and then into breadcrumbs
- Pan fry the pattys until golden brown on both sides then finish in an oven set at 180C for 10 minutes
- Serve with a dressing made by mixing the yoghurt, lemon juice and zest and a green salad
Note-
Rata Cafe use gluten free flour and breadcrumbs to keep this recipe gluten free.
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