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Title: Althea's Salmon Patties
Categories: Australian Fish Salmon
Yield: 4 Servings
| 1 | lg | Tin of salmon or tuna |
| 1/2 | c | Cold cooked rice |
| 5 | sl | Stale bread |
| 1 | sm | Onion |
| Fresh parsley | ||
| 1 | Or 2 eggs | |
| Anchovy sauce to taste | ||
| Pepper to taste |
Drain fish and flake into a mixing bowl. Dampen bread with milk if it is crispy stale. Put bread, onion and parsley through a mincer, add to flaked fish. Add cooked rice and mix. Add egg/s, anchovy sauce and pepper. Mix all together very thoroughly until the mixture looks 'hairy'. Shallow fry spoonfuls in hot oil. Cook until brown on both sides. Serve hot with lemon wedges, or cold with mayo on the side.
Althea's notes: * I use tuna because it is cheapest here. I usually use a 425g (13.5 oz) can. I use the tuna packed in brine as it is lower fat than the stuff packed in oil. * quantities are all approximate, and vary with what is on hand at the time - - they always turn out well. * The anchovy sauce I use is imported (from England). It is not cheap, but a 150 ml bottle will usually last me 2 or 3 years. It is quite salty, so I never need to add any more salt. * I know it sounds funny, but when mixed properly, the uncooked mixture does look hairy - and if you don't mix it to this stage, it wont taste as good. I hand mix mine, but I think you might get good results with a food processor (I don't have one). * Mum cooks hers in an inch or so of oil in a frying pan, turning once. I cook mine in the deep fry that I use for cooking chips - but at a lower heat setting. * Traditionally these salmon patties are shaped using a tablespoon and a fork. Take a tablespoon full of mixture, and press the mixture down onto the spoon with the prongs of the fork, so that the patty is curved on top and bottom. Push the patty off the spoon, starting from the handle end, into the hot oil. I don't know if I have explained the process well, but I've known how to do it all my life by watching my Mum, and never had to explain it before without being able to demonstrate. :-)
Althea in rural Australia.