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Breaded Haddock - Shaped Patties Recipe
Serves/Makes: 4
Ingredients:
- 12 ounces (340 g) smoked haddock fillets, skinned
- 12 ounces (340 g) potatoes, peeled and cut into small pieces
- 3 tablespoons (45 mL) water
- 4 tablespoons (60 mL) milk
- 1 egg yolk
- Pepper
- 1/2 cup (125 mL / 70 g) all-purpose flour
- 1 egg, beaten
- 3/8 cup (94 mL) toasted breadcrumbs
Breadcrumbs Mixture - 1/2 cup (125 mL / 70 g) all-purpose flour
- l/4 cup (60 mL) breadcrumbs
- 1 egg
To Shape Mixture into Patties - Flour
To Microwave - 2 tablespoons (30 mL) butter or margarine
To Reheat - Melted butter
How to cook:
- In a plate, cut smoked haddock fillets into small pieces arrange, fleshy sides towards the outside.
- Cover and microwave for 4 to 5 minutes on 'MAXIMUM', until flesh is easily broken -up with a fork.
- Drain, bone and crumble fish.
- Microwave potato pieces in water, covered, for 9 or 10 minutes on 'MAXIMUM', stirring once.
- Crush potatoes and mix in milk then mix in egg yolk and pepper.
- Mix well divide mixture into 4 equal parts.
- Mix together all breadcrumbs mixture ingredients.
- Shape mixture (see below) into 4 fish-shaped (or other) patties.
- Coat patties with flour dip patties into beaten egg, before coating patties with breadcrumbs.
- Freeze (see below) immediately, uncovered.
Individually wrap patties label and freeze.
Breadcrumbs Mixture
- Transfer flour, breadcrumbs into 2 separate bowls.
- In a separate bowl, beat egg.
- Coat patties with flour, then dip patties into beaten egg.
- Finally, coat patties with breadcrumbs.
To Shape Mixture into Patties - Flour your hands.
- Divide fish mixture into equal parts shape into fish-shaped, flat or sausage-shaped patties.
- Fish-shaped patties: shape each mixture part into approximately 1-inch (2.5-cm) thick pear-shaped patties, and then shape thinner end patties into a 'V', shaping the 'tails'.
- Flat patties: flatten each mixture part, using a spatula, until 1-inch (2.5-cm) thick.
- Sausage-shaped patties: shape mixture into sausages, flattening each end of each 'sausage'.
To Microwave
- Unwrap fish patties arrange onto a microwave-safe plate thaw.
- In a small bowl, melt butter or margarine, covered, for 15 to 30 seconds on 'MAXIMUM'.
- Pour melted fat over patties cover and microwave for 6 to 7 minutes, on 'MAXIMUM', turning plate once.
- Or, preheat a microwave-safe browning dish and brown fish patties for 2 1/2 minutes on each side, on 'MAXIMUM'.
To Freeze, Thaw and Reheat - Freeze patties for 3 to 4 hours, uncovered, onto a freezer paper-lined baking sheet.
- Then wrap patties individually or transfer into a freezer-safe bag freeze for 1 month, maximum.
- To thaw, unwrap and arrange patties into a shallow dish.
- Microwave, covered, for 5 to 6 minutes at 'DEFROST', turning patties once.
- To reheat, brush patties with melted butter, to taste.
- Microwave patties, covered, for 5 minutes on 'MAXIMUM', turning once.
- Leave to rest for 1 or 2 minutes.
Notes:
Oven: 700 watts
Thawing and reheating time: 10 minutes
Enough breadcrumbs mixture for 6 to 8 medium patties.
This recipe for Breaded Haddock - Shaped Patties serves/makes: 4
Main Ingredient: Haddock
Preparation Method: Microwave