Salmon/Wild Rice Cakes

[bigmike&nan]

I learned this recipe in an American Regional cuisine class at CCA. Sort of an gussied up East Coast thing. I prefer sauteeing these, but if you brushed them on both sides with some melted butter you COULD bake them on parchment paper. They're really very good. Serve with a salad of arugula in a lemon viniagrette (garnish the salad with some toasted pecans).

Mis en place

16 oz salmon filet, uncooked - skinned and very finely diced
2 scallions, diced
1 cup red bell pepper, small dice
1/2 cup of parsley, chopped fine
4 Tablespoons Parmesan cheese
1 teaspoon dijon
1 TBL Mayonnaise
1 TBL White Wine
1 cup wild rice, cooked
2 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 Tbls lemon juice

1 stick butter
1/2 cup EVO


Sauce:
1 cup greek yoghurt (or sour cream)
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh dill
1 Tsp lemon juice
Salt and Pepper to taste


Preparation:

Combine mustard, mayo, vinegar and eggs and beat together. In a large bowl add that mixture and all other ingredients and combine well with your hands. Chill covered for one hour. Use about 1/3 cup of the mixture and form into a patty and lay out on parchment paper line pan. Melt half of the butter and half EVO in a wide heavy skillet. Saute batches of 2 or 3 patties at a time until nice and crispy - don't crowd the pan. Repeat until all are cooked off. Serve on a wide platter with the sauce in a side bowl. Lovely... This photo is of a BAKED version (bake at 375 for 10 minutes on each side or until crispy and brown). You want them to be a lot darker, it really brings out the nuttiness in the wild rice.

 

[TerriLaChicks]

That's a nice twist, using the wild rice! I'll have to try that, thank you for posting it!

 

[Pairie Faring]

Yum! love the pic ! I will definitely try these.

 

[vfem]

Mike, you always blow my mind! I want these for dinner!!!!!

(Too funny, because I'm making my grocery list to goto the store now as is.

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Edited to add, the only things I need to buy for this recipe is salmon and wild rice, I have everything else?! CRAZY! hahaha

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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[mom'sfolly]

Looks yummy. Do you think you could do it with canned salmon? I always have some canned in the house for a quick meal of salmon burgers, and often have leftover wild rice.

 

[vfem]

They had no fresh salmon at the grocery store today.... so we'll have to try this another night. Tonight is mussles in a white wine sauce with pasta instead.

 

[bigmike&nan]

I don't think canned salmon would work in this dish. First of all the recipe calls for raw salmon minced - isn't canned salmon cooked ?? Wait until you have the money or the store has decent salmon to make this dish, it's really great. You could also making very small ones as little appetizers. Thanks for all the compliments, this was in my regular rotation for quite a while after I was taught this.

 

[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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[Steve_of_sandspoultry]

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