You can make this quick and simple meal only in 25 to 30 minutes. Serve it with fresh spring vegetable salad or bread.
Serves: 4
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
Ingredients:
For Salmon cake:
- 1 pound canned or cooked salmon, flaked
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 2/3 cup cooked potatoes
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 scallions, finely chopped, white and pale green parts only
- ¾ teaspoon coarse salt
- Ground black pepper to taste
For lemony sorrel sauce:
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- 2 teaspoons lemon juice
- 2 cups (about 4 ounces) thinly sliced fresh sorrel leaves
- 1/3 cup fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
Directions:
- Mix together salmon, eggs, potatoes, scallions, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
- Shape into twelve 2 ½ inch cakes.
- In a large skillet, heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil over medium-high heat.
- Add 6 salmon cakes to the hot oil and cook for 3 minutes per side or until golden.
- Repeat the procedure with the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil and 6 salmon cakes.
- Transfer to a serving platter.
- Meanwhile, in a small saucepan bring the cream to a simmer over medium heat.
- Stir in sorrel and parsley and cook for 2 minutes.
- Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice and puree it with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Spoon this lemony sorrel sauce over salmon cakes and serve immediately.