Fish Leftovers Recipes
I get emails asking for fish leftovers recipes. I'm not intending to give loads of detail - just some ideas. Mrs Beeton very grandly calls 'leftovers' 'rechauffes' - get that ;-) The main problem with fish is that there often isn't a lot left - to be honest, I cook 'portions' of fish - so there's very rarely any left. However, you may be different - so here goes:- Fish Pate - if you have some smoked fish (salmon, trout, mackerel, haddock etc) left - then mix it with an equal amount of cream cheese, a squeeze of lemon, black pepper to taste and pound it into a paste. Then spread this on warm toast. Fish Cakes - mix your cooked fish with some mashed potato - make into cake shapes, dip in seasoned flour, rest in the fridge for about 30 minutes (the fish cakes, not you) and then fry about 5 minutes either side. Fish Pie - stir your fish into a parsley sauce, pop it into an oven proof dish and cover with a pastry lid - bake about 40 minutes. Alternative Fish Pie As above, but top with mashed potato and some grated cheese. Fish Soup - make a fish stock, add some chopped onion, celery and potato, a small tin of pulped tomatoes and simmer until the vegetables are tender, whizz in a blender until smooth - season and then add your cooked fish to heat through. Kedgeree - use smoked fish or a mixture - boil 4 oz (100g) long grain rice until cooked, hard boil 2 eggs then chop them - melt a good knob of butter in a frying pan, add the rice, some cayenne pepper and stir well - add the fish, chopped egg and heat it through - lovely.
There are of course other fish leftovers recipes, but these are the ones I would use the most. It might even be worth cooking smoked fish for the kedgeree - haddock's my favorite.
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