It’s Christmas Eve tradition on my wife’s side of the family to serve meatless dishes. One of those dishes has always been salmon patties, though they weren’t exactly fine dining when made with canned salmon and breadcrumbs. Since we’ve been hosting the past two years, I’ve managed to push the envelope a little and one of the ways is serving salmon patties made with fresh ingredients and more flavours.
In the image, the salmon bites are plated with homemade garlic mayo and garnished with green onion.
Time: 30 minutes
Serves: 4
Ingredients:
500g fresh salmon fillet – cubed
3 green onions – roughly chopped – root portion discarded
1 clove garlic – finely chopped or grated
50g red bell pepper – roughly chopped
1 egg
15g fresh lemon juice
5g arrowroot powder
3g kosher salt
0.5g fresh ground black pepper
30g grapeseed or other neutral-tasting cooking oil
Preparation:
Place a large frying pan on medium heat.
Place all ingredients except oil into a food processor and pulse until finely chopped.
Add some of the oil to the pan and when it’s hot, use a tablespoon to spoon balls of salmon mixture into the pan. Flatten each of them to form small patties.
Cook for two minutes per side and repeat with remaining oil and salmon.
Serve warm.