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Newfoundland Fish Cakes

Name: Newfoundland Fish Cakes
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Canada
Ingredients: 300g Salt Cod; 4 Potato; 1 Onion; 20g Butter; 1 Egg; 1/2 tsp Thyme; A pinch Black Pepper; 3 tbsp All-purpose flour; 2 tbsp Vegetable Oil; To taste Ketchup

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

A Newfoundland home dish of salt cod and mashed potato mixed with onion and fried until golden.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Newfoundland thrived for centuries on fishing and trading salt cod. Fish cakes mash soaked-out cod with potatoes, flavored with onion and the herb savory, then fried. They're eaten at breakfast or dinner with ketchup or chow chow, a green tomato relish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a kitchen in a Newfoundland fishing village, the family gathers over fish cakes from the iron pan, looking out at the brightly painted houses.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Salt Cod 300g
Potato 4
Onion 1
Butter 20g
Egg 1
Thyme 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
All-purpose flour 3 tbsp
Vegetable Oil 2 tbsp
Ketchup To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the salt cod in water overnight, then boil in fresh water for 10 minutes and flake.
Boil the potatoes, drain, and mash while hot.
Sauté the chopped onion in butter until soft.
Mix the potatoes, cod, onion, beaten egg, thyme, and pepper, divide into 8, and shape into flat rounds.
Dust with flour and fry in an oiled frying pan until golden on both sides.
Serve with ketchup.

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