Fishy Freedom Cakes (AKA Vegan 'Fishcakes')

Page: www.chocolateandbeyond.co.uk/2012/09/recipes-fishy-freedom-cakes-aka-vegan-fishcakes.html

Cuisine: English/Scottish | Course Type: Main Courses

(1 review)

Tags: potatoes beans vegan comfort food kelp powder

Recipe Review

I thought I'd give these vegan fishcakes a try in order to tempt my notoriously picky daughter with something new. I had a feeling that the Panko encrusted, pan fried coating would appeal and I wasn't wrong.

The "fishy" flavour comes from kelp powder, something I've never used and it did give these patties a distinct seafood taste. Texturally, the mixture was quite uniform and sticky. I think adding the cooked potatoes to the bean mixture in the food processor may have been overkill. Next time, I'll mash the potatoes by hand. I had to add double the amount of gluten flour in order to be able to handle them.

We all enjoyed these, a definite comfort food!

Edited to add: I accidentally used 1kg of potatoes instead of 1 pound! They still turned out great but that may be why I needed double the flour.

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Comments

Queezle_Sister - 16th October 2012
This sounds great! I clicked through to the original post - definitely something to try! My daughter likes those store-bought batter dipped fish sticks, or at least the idea of them, and I bet she'd like this, too!

Leeka - 17th October 2012
My Miss M. liked these fresh much better than left over today. It was the crispy, bread crumb-y outsides that appealed the most.

I wonder what the texture would be like with the proper amount of potatoes? I'll have to make them again.

(edited 17th October 2012) 

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