Salmon fish cakes with prawn sauce.

My friend Kym says: " We should eat Salmon (pronounced as saman ) once a week". According to Kym it makes wrinkles disappear and this particular fish has omega 3 in it, so it's good for your skin in general...
I happen to love Salmon, so the prospect of a flawless, glowing complexion is such an appealing thought !

Today is Wednesday, the middle of the week, we should start preparing for the weekend... I'll meet up with some Dutch friends who will leave Greece soon to go and live in Berlin, then I will probably go dancing in this cute little bar me and my girlfriends discovered, and Sunday is booked for a long walk up in the mountains and a warm Taverna lunch afterwards before driving back home... Sunday night is movie night !
So I want to look rested and healthy..
The trick to achieve this is lots of exercise, yesterday was for circuit training, today is for yoga/dance class, tomorrow is for tennis... Add some Salmon to this life style and you'll be fine !

Ingredients for the Salmon fish cakes:
200 gr. Salmon fillet
100 gr breadcrumbs
3 potatoes( plus an extra potato if needed)
2 tablespoons of heavy cream
olive oil
1 tablespoon of butter
tabasco
juice and peel of one lemon
handful of dill
2 egg yolks
1 teaspoon of mustard (any kind you like)
salt, freshly ground pepper


Cut the Salmon in small cubes.
Peel and boil the potatoes and dice them once cool.
Chop the dill.
Mash the potato with the cream, combine the potato with the raw salmon, tabasco, lemon juice and peel, dill, egg yolks and mustard.
Season with salt and pepper.
Make your hands wet with water or white wine and form flat cakes that you then coat with the breadcrumbs... This is the fun part!
Heat a bit of olive oil together with the butter in a frying pan and fry your cakes on both sides until they look golden brown.


Ingredients for the Prawn sauce:
90 ml Vermouth or Sherry
150 gr peeled Prawns
300 ml heavy cream
2 shallots, finely chopped
juice of one lemon
salt, freshly ground pepper
Heat the Vermouth with the shallots, lemon juice and cream.
Stir in the Prawns.

Serve your Salmon cakes with the warm sauce, lemon wedges and some fresh parsley .

Now, I know this recipe has some calories, but I think it's worth eating this, cause the taste is fantastic, I can assure you that I've cooked this many times for friends and they all love it!
I would suggest to serve this either as a main course for two people with a green salad on the side, or as a starter for four people, with a warm baguette on the side.
Oh, and if you want to skip the sauce, salmon fish cakes are wonderful with ordinary ketchup, so there you go !!!

Tomorrow you can opt for steamed salmon with steamed broccoli.... Not that exciting, but healthy and plain...

With love,
esther.