Salmon Footballs
When your child refuses to eat anything from a spoon, try making these nutritious finger food balls – perfect for tiny hands.
Ingredients
1 medium potato, unpeeled (approx 150g)
70g salmon fillet
a squeeze of lemon juice
a knob of butter
2 spring onions, chopped
1 tsp sweet chilli sauce (optional)
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1/2 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp seasoned flour
1 egg, lightly beaten
50g breadcrumbs
2 tbsp sunflower oil for frying
salt & freshly ground black pepper
70g salmon fillet
a squeeze of lemon juice
a knob of butter
2 spring onions, chopped
1 tsp sweet chilli sauce (optional)
2 tbsp tomato ketchup
1/2 tbsp mayonnaise
1 tbsp seasoned flour
1 egg, lightly beaten
50g breadcrumbs
2 tbsp sunflower oil for frying
salt & freshly ground black pepper
Method
- Boil the potato in lightly salted water for 25 to 30 minutes until tender when pierced with a table knife.
- Drain and when cool enough to handle, peel and mash.
- Cook the salmon in the microwave for a couple of minutes with the squeeze of lemon juice and knob of butter. Flake onto a plate and leave to cool slightly.
- Mix the potato with the spring onions, chilli sauce, ketchup, mayonnaise and salt and pepper to taste.
- Fold in the flaked salmon, being careful not to break the fish up too much.
- Take 1 1/2 tbsp of the mixture and form into a ball. Repeat until you have used up all the mixture. Dust each ball in seasoned flour, dip in the egg and then roll in the breadcrumbs.
- Heat the oil in a non stick pan and fry the fishcakes for 2 to 3 minutes on each side until golden.
- Alternatively preheat an oven to 180C / 160C Fan and cook the chicken balls for about 15 minutes turning halfway through until cooked through
- You can shallow fry the footballs in 2 tbsp of oil but they won’t keep their round shape so well.
