Sweet Potato And Salmon Fishcakes With Chilli, Lime And Coriander

Summer has arrived at The Nook!
This week the sun has shone, new bunting hung and the garden has opened for our customers.



Summer at The Nook On The Square

 

 

So with the hot weather comes some new summer menu ideas.
This week I've made these lovely Sweet Potato & Salmon Fishcakes served with a fresh summer salad, topped with apple, avocado and mango, for the specials board and they have proved to be a huge hit.
About half hour to prepare and 15 minutes to cook they are ideal as a weekday meal for the family.
If you fancy giving them a go the recipe can be found below the photo.
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Sweet Potato and Salmon Fishcakes with Chilli and Lime

INGREDIENTS:
1lb Sweet Potatoes (cooked and mashed)
1lb White Potatoes (cooked and mashed)
14oz Cooked Salmon Fillet
Zest and Juice of 2 Limes
1 Red Chilli (finely chopped)
Handful Chopped Coriander
Salt & Pepper to taste

Small Bowl Plain Flour
2 Eggs (beaten)
Small Bowl Natural Breadcrumbs

METHOD:
1. Combine the 2 sets of potatoes. Flake the salmon and stir into the potato mix.
2. Add all other ingredients and mix.
3. Mould into small fishcake shapes.
4. Dredge each cake with flour, dip and cover with beaten egg then cover with breadcrumbs.
5. To cook, heat a small amount of oil or butter in a frying pan and add fishcakes. Cook for few minutes and turn in the pan. After another couple of minutes transfer to a baking tray and place in oven heated to 180C for 10/15 minutes.
6. Serve with your choice of salad and dressing.

STRAWBERRY AND CHOCOLATE TRIFLE

It's that time of year again for tennis, strawberries and rain!!!
I have only been to Wimbledon once in my life and that was 28 years ago in my final days of school. I remember it well though. The sun shone and it was a scorcher. I wore sunglasses all day and ended up with a big ribbing from class mates for having "panda" eyes and we all got star struck seeing Cliff Richard watch Sue Barker play.

Ahh the good ole days! 

Nowadays I dont tend to take much interest in sport tho still enjoy a lovely bowl of strawberries and cream in summer.

This week one of our customers treated us to some strawberries that she had picked from a local farm. Sam said to me could i make something wonderful with them!! I dont quite know about wonderful but i could definately make something!

Just by chance we had made a chocolate sponge the day before that had broken in half as we tried to wrap it. So i broke it further into chunky pieces and put in the bottom of a sundae glass.

I then sliced the strawberries and put on top.

I  melted 200g plain chocolate in a pan and  slowly stirred in 150ml boiling water and 3 tbsps strawberry jam. Once all combined i poured over my strawberry/sponge and filled the glass. I put them to cool and set in the fridge.

When they had set i piped on some stiffly whisked double cream and sprinkled with chocolate shavings.

Comment of the day today from a customer was that "the trifle was to die for!"  How chuffed was i!!!

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