This is a really good recipe if you have little ones who are anti fish and will not go near it because of the smell. These are fishcakes made with white fish rather than salmon or tuna, which are can be more of an acquired taste. I like that you can fib and say its only potato if your child is unwilling to accept fish. What I like about this, too, is that I used ground almonds in the breadcrumb crust to give an extra hit of protein, but as an extra bonus left the fishcakes with a good crunch on the outside.

This was a bit of an experiment, so my quantities are a little sketchy here. I also will admit to taking a shortcut with frozen, ready made mashed potato.

You will need:

2-3 fillets white fish. I used Seabass because I had it in the freezer, but haddock, cod, plaice or any white fish will do.

2 large cooked potatoes or 12 discs of frozen mash

1 tablespoon mayonnaise

1 teaspoon dijon mustard

2 slices wholemeal brown bread.

2-3 tablespoons ground almonds

3 tablespoons cooked peas

Begin by cooking the fish. I oven baked the seabass in olive oil until cooked and soft.

Meanwhile, blitz the bread to crumbs in the magimix and add the ground almonds. Remove crumbs to a plastic food bag and set aside. If you have a child with wheat/gluten allergy you can substitute the breadcrumbs for polenta and it works equally well.

Cook (or, erm, defrost) your potato and put into magimix. Add the cooked fish, add the dijon mustard, mayonnaise and blitz until smooth. (You can pulse less if your child is ok with fish flake texture). Add a few of the breadcrumbs into the magimix to firm up the filling. Add your peas and blitz again.

Roll mixture into patties (your choice of size) and put them into the breadcrumb bag to coat. Lay on a plate lined with kitchen towel and continue until you have finished the mixture. You may need two plates. Chill in the fridge for around 30 mins until you are ready to cook.

Heat a frying pan with oil and shallow fry on both sides until golden brown. Cool and serve.

There’s no picture to show because I didn’t have a chance to take one. They got eaten too fast!

Enjoy!