Starters & Light meals
Fish cakes with seared cucumber and satay sauce




Wine/Spirit Pairing
Woolworths Simonsig Chenin Blanc Unwooded 2015
Ingredients
Method
- 350 g hake, poached or pan-fried
- 300 g mashed potato
- 1 t mint, chopped
- 2 limes, zested
- 1 chilli, chopped
- 1 free-range egg
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 beetroot, grated
- flour, for dusting
- 4 T olive oil
- 2 cucumbers For the satay sauce:
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 3 T red curry paste
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup good-quality chicken stock
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 2 T fresh lime juice, plus extra for serving
- salt, to taste
Method
Ingredients
Flake the hake and gently mix with the mashed potato, mint, lime zest, chilli, egg, salt and pepper. Shape into small cakes, pat a little beetroot onto each and dust with seasoned flour.
Pan-fry on both sides in the olive oil over a medium to high heat until golden brown.
To make the satay sauce, bring the coconut milk to a simmer in a saucepan. Whisk in the curry paste, peanut butter, stock and sugar. Reduce the heat and cook, whisking continually, for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the lime juice and salt.
Cut the cucumbers in half lengthways, then into thirds. Char the cut side in a hot, dry pan. Squeeze over lime juice, sprinkle with sea salt and serve with the fish cakes and satay sauce.
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