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Earthquake
01-30-2009, 10:23 PM
My wife is not as fond of ling as I am. Since Big Jim and I caught up a lot of fillets on Sunday, I was looking for something to do with them since I don't like to freeze ling. I called my mom since she makes some great fish cakes and she gave me the recipe. She usually makes these with striper, but what a great taste with fresh ling. We all LOVED these, so try it out. Would be good for crab cakes, too.

Betty Miller's Fish Cakes

2 pounds fresh fillets
2 tablespoons mayo
1 tablespoon dijon
2 eggs
2 cups bread crumbs
1 cup onion chopped
1 cup green pepper chopped
1 cup carrots - shredded
1 cup corn - canned or frozen
1 cup celery - chopped
2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon Old bay seasoning
crushed red pepper flakes to taste


Boil or steam the fish, then drain and let cool.

In a saucepan, heat olive oil and add onion, pepper, celery, and carrots. Heat to sweat the vegetables and get the flavors to meld - 3-5 min over med-hi heat.

In a large mixing bowl add mayo, dijon and eggs and mix. Add the fish and the vegetables AND BREAD CRUMBS and mix until coated with wet ingredients. Add more mayo as needed for a workable consistency - add seasoning to taste.

Set the mixture in the fridge for an hour or overnight. Work a small hanful of mixture into a 3 inch cake - half an inch thick. Pan fry these in veg or canola oil - 3 minuutes per side. Makes about 12-15 cakes.

Enjoy. Thanks, Mom.

Uncle Luna
01-31-2009, 09:12 AM
Big thanks to Mom will have to give those a try. First I need to catch some fish. LOL

joeya78
01-31-2009, 02:13 PM
Nice superbowl appy!

Earthquake
01-31-2009, 09:58 PM
I had the same idea. We liked it so much, we made three batches - froze 2 of them. Taking a batch out for super bowl party. Will let you know how they hold up to freezing.

skipper.ll
02-03-2009, 06:56 PM
sounds awesome, but what do with the breadcrumbs leave a trail just joking

Earthquake
02-04-2009, 12:36 PM
sounds awesome, but what do with the breadcrumbs leave a trail just joking
oops - Thanks. Didn't realize I forgot them in the recipe. All better now. Of course, you can throw them out the window to feed the birds, too.

We took some of these out of the freezer for the super bowl, but had too much food already - so we made them for dinner on monday. They were great.

Put them on a tray to thaw - otherwise they stick together a bit.

skipper.ll
02-04-2009, 10:04 PM
na wouldn't do that cant wait to make some

GamblerGal
08-06-2009, 07:15 AM
Made a bunch of these the other night with all those lingys I caught. My family and I LOVED them! So good! Thanks for the recipe!

(And they were even better the next day)

bunker dunker
08-06-2009, 01:55 PM
maybe you could sell some in the galley.

GamblerGal
08-06-2009, 05:20 PM
Nice thinkin... I'm going ling fishing again Monday night, maybe if I get a bunch more I'll make em and bring em out ;)

kickstart
09-07-2009, 08:46 PM
Wow! Thanks to MOM. I didn't have any Ling so I used the white meat of a few small Blue Fish to great success. Even my freind who does not eat fish liked them.

the1jonc
01-01-2011, 02:49 PM
Wow!

Just made a batch from my catch from my trip on Thursday.

I used yellow peppers and skipped the celery. (I am the only one in the family that likes celery)


They came out amazing. My 7 year old daughter said they are better than crabcakes from a restaurant and my 12 year old son loves them too.

Will try to make a Cod trip next week so I can get some more fresh fish.

Thanks again for the recipe.