Fish CakesIngredients Ingredients
Serves 4 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons shallots, diced 16 clams, rinsed and cleaned 16 mussels, rinsed and cleaned 12 sea scallops, 20/30 count 8 ounces calamari 12 Gulf shrimp, 21/25 count 8 ounces lobster (prefer fresh Maine) 8 Gulf oysters 1 cup Frascati or Pinot Grigio ½ cup tomato concasse 1 teaspoon saffron 1 cup marinara sauce 2 tablespoons fresh basil, chopped Sea salt Cracked black pepper 2 pinches roasted red pepper flakes
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Fish Cakes
Recipe by Chef Simon Scott
Method for Fish Cake
Cut the fish into even 2cm dice, season and quickly pan fry in a quarter of the butter. Mix the fish and potato puree together. Add the rest of the ingredients and mould into 160g balls. Allow to set in the fridge.
Neatly pane in flour, egg and breadcrumbs - twice to give a better coating. Pan-fry in the rest of the butter when required.
Method for Sauce
Sweat the shallots in butter until soft. Add white wine, boil and reduce by half. Add stock, lemon zest and peppercorns and reduce by half. Add cream and reduce to a light coating consistency. Season and stir in basil puree.(at the last moment)
Method for Sour Cream and Chives
To serve, toss the tomatoes in olive oil with black olives, thinly slice the basil and dress in a circle. Arrange the fish cake on top of this and spread the fish cream around.
Whisk the cream with a little lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste until the cream holds its shape and fold in the chives. Put a quenelle on top of each fish cake.
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