These are the nicest fish cakes ever! And certainly the nicest sauce ever! Chef Trevor has at last revealed his secret Veracruz Sauce --- don't miss this recipe -- Mexican fish cakes with Veracruz sauce!
Ingredients
For the Fish Cakes
500g Baby sole, chopped into pieces (the bones are fine enough not to have to debone the fish)
1 Large egg
1 Jalapeno pepper, deseeded
2 Spring onions
1 Tbs Ground cumin
1 Tsp Salt
1 Tsp Ground black pepper
60g Butter for frying
For the Sauce
3 Tbs Finely chopped garlic chives
3 Tbs Finely chopped coriander leaves
2 Tsp Demarara sugar
2 Tbs Fresh lime juice
2 Tbs Creme Fraiche (or cultured sour cream)
40g Butter
Instructions
For the Fish Cakes
Put all of the fish cake ingredients into your food processor and chop them to a paste
Wet your hands and working with 2 heaping tablespoons of paste at a time, shape the fish cakes into rounds
Heat your pan to medium hot and fry the fish cakes for 3 minutes per side
Remove the fishcakes from the heat and keep warm
For the Sauce
Heat another pan over medium hot heat and add the sugar, followed by all of the other sauce ingredients
Stir until everything is well combined and the sauce comes to the boil
Remove from the heat
To finish
Arrange the fish cakes on platters, drizzle with sauce, garnish the plates with lime wedges and serve
Recipe by Whats4Chow at https://whats4chow.com/2014/04/03/mexican-fish-cakes-with-veracruz-sauce/