Comments on: Smoked Mackerel Fishcakes

By: Patricia Jorgensen

Patricia Jorgensen — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:00:12 +0000

Lovely recipe, microwaving potato works well and instead of breadcrumbs, try one of the cous cous packets such as with lemon and coriander, lovely and crunchy and full of flavour

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 17:41:10 +0000

Oh I really liked these

By: Antonia

Antonia — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:42:22 +0000

Mmm. Bet these were delicious. I just love mackerel. And here is another use for those four jars of capers – hurrah!

By: L

Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:57:31 +0000

I totally understand about the baked potato mash – there’s no return!

I don’t blog, no – My camera skills, as with presentation skills, leave a whole lot to be desired! I think I get too eager to eat. I did buy my boyfriend a canon EOS 400D for Christmas, so perhaps I can get him to be the camera man

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:48:39 +0000

Hi L, yes I suspect it would have been a lot more economical to steam rather than bake the potato, but after trying mashed baked potato once instead of mashed steamed or boiled potato, we’re finding it hard to go back

By: Kerri

Kerri — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:05:16 +0000

They sound great L, I wouldn't have thought of using ginger but it did occur to me last night that shallot or spring onion would have been good. We use a Canon EOS 350D, Stephen wrote a little about it and the lens here Do you blog L?

By: L

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:48:17 +0000

I forgot to add – your photos are great, what kind of camera do you use?

By: L

Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:47:23 +0000

Ah – I made smoked mackerel fishcakes on Monday and they were the best I’ve made.

I mixed smoked mackerel with mashed potato (steamed the spuds as I thought it was more economical than baking a potato…what do you reckon?), lime juice, dijon mustard, finely sliced ginger, chopped up shallot, some chopped capers and some chopped parsley, salt and pepper. It sounds like a lot of ingredients, but they all worked really well (a lot of the mash mixture was eaten as a ‘test’) I then egged, floured, egged floured and then fried them as my grill doesn’t work. They were great – I think the ginger gives it a great zing.