Hi Everyone!

Well this month’s Delicious Mag is filled with some super wonderful recipes that to my way of thinking are family friendly with just a little bit of tweaking.  Okay, I should clarify that statement.  Remember I said way back at the start of my blogging adventure that I would try to bring you recipes that don’t require weird and wonderful ingredients that are only available in far flung suburbs of each city.  Well, as much as I absolutely love the recipes in delicious, sometimes they do require these sort of ingredients and need a little adjusting.

Salmon & Potato Fishcakes

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 750 g desiree potatoes peeled, cut into 3cm chunks
• 1/4 c olive oil
• 2 tbsp thai basil finely chopped, plus 12 leaves extra
• 10 g dried wakame seaweed roughly broken up
• 1 tsp ginger finely minced
• 2 -3 long green shallots finely chopped
• 1/2 garlic clove crushed
• 2 limes finely grate the zest to get 2 tsps then cut into wedges to serve
• 2 1/2 tbsp potato flour
• 1 egg lightly beaten
• 350 g skinless salmon cooked
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 8 thai basil leaves finely chopped
• 1 1/2 tsp ginger peeled & minced
• 1 lime finely grate zest to get 11/2tsp and juice to get 11/2tbsp
• 1/4 garlic clove crushed
• 200 g plain yoghurt

Method

 

1. Preheat oven to 230°c and place a rack in the top third of the oven
2. Place 500g of the potatoes on a baking tray lined with baking paper and toss together with 1tbsp of oil and ½ tsp salt flakes. Bake for 20-25 minutes, tossing halfway through, until golden brown and cooked through. Set aside to cool, then very roughly crush them.Meanwhile, place the remaining 250g potatoes in a medium saucepan over medium high heat. Cover with cold, well-salted water and bring to a simmer. Cook for 12 mins or until soft. Drain and set aside to cool.
3. Place olive oil in a small saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the 12 picked Thai basil leaves and the wakame and fry for 1 minute, stirring a little until crispy. Strain, reserving the oil and transfer the aromatics to a small plate lined with paper towel.
4. Roughly crush the boiled potatoes (some lumps are fine) and add to a large bowl with the roasted potatoes, ginger, long green shallot, garlic, lime zest, potato flour, egg, chopped basil and ⅛ tsp of salt flakes (or a little more, depending on how salty your potatoes are). Finely chop half of the crispy wakame and add to the bowl. Mix everything together well, then add the salmon and gently mix to combine, trying not to break the salmon pieces too much.
5. With lightly oiled hands, form the mixture into 8 fishcakes weighing about 110g each, compressing them as you go so they hold together.
6. Place half the butter and 1tbsp of reserved oil in a large frypan over high heat. Lower the heat to medium and fry half the fish cakes for 2-3 mins until crisp and golden. Fry the remaining fish cakes the same way using the remainder of the butter and oil.
7. Plate up and serve with ginger & thai basil yoghurt sprinkled with the crispy wakame and leaves.
8. Place all ingredients in a bowl and mix to combine with a good pinch of salt. Set aside until ready to use.

Notes

Source: Delicious Magazine - March 2020 (Yotam Ottolenghi)

Chocolate Kiss Cake

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Ingredients Method Notes

Ingredients

  

• 2 1/4 c self raising flour
• 2/3 c cocoa
• 1 1/2 c castor sugar
• 150 g butter softened
• 1 c water
• 3 eggs
• icing sugar

Method

 

1. Sift flour and cocoa into a large bowl. Mix in sugar
2. Add butter and combined water and eggs. Using a wooden spoon, blend until well combined.
3. Pour mixture into a greased and floured 18 x 28cm slab tin.
4. Bake in a moderate oven (180°c) for 40 - 45 minutes. Test with a skewer
5. Allow to cool in the tin for 5 mins. Turn onto wire rack to cool. Ice or dust with icing sugar.

Notes

Source: Own recipe