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Food of Ireland
Crab Cakes
These are delicious and very easy to prepare.
Ingredients
1lb/450g white crab meat
4oz/110g chopped spring onions
4floz/100mls mayonnaise
5oz/150g breadcrumbs
1 egg
1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
Salt and pepper
Oil
Method
Mix all the ingredients in a bowl and divide the mixture into 8 crab
cakes. If cakes are very moist dip them into more dry breadcrumbs.
Heat oil in a frying pan and fry over a medium heat for 4 minutes on
each side until brown. Serve with chili jam, mashed potatoes or
thick potato chips.
Chili Jam
1 red pepper, chopped
2 red onions, chopped
3 red chilis, deseeded and chopped
2 tomatoes, skinned and chopped
2 level teaspoons sugar
Olive oilPotato and Smoked Salmon Gratin
Smoked Salmon and Potato Gratin
When smoked salmon is trimmed and sliced small pieces are cut
off. These trimmings are inexpensive and are widely available on
request from any fishmonger.
Ingredients
8oz/225g smoked salmon trimmings
2lbs/900g cooked potatoes - sliced
Chopped fresh chives (to taste)
1/3 pint / 190mls cream
1/3 pint / 190mls milk
1oz/25g butter
Black pepper
Juice of 1/2 a lemon
Method
Pre-heat oven to 400F. Butter deep round
ovenproof dish. Arrange potato slices in a layer adding black
pepper and chives. Arrange smoked salmon pieces in strips on top
of potato and sprinklewith lemon juice. Repeat layering until dish is
almost full. Pour the mixture of cream and milk over. Add butter in
flecks over the surface of the dish and bake in the oven for half an
hour. Serve immediately with a green salad.
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