Tangy Fish Cakes

Ingredients for 5-6 patties:

• 250 gm cooked white fish
• 1 medium potato, cooked and crushed
  
• 1 tbs flour
• salt, pepper, paprika, nutmeg
• 1 crushed garlic clove
• 1 spring onion, chopped
• 1 tablespoon grated fresh ginger

you will also need:

• 1 egg,
• breadcrumbs

With a fork, fold the fish flakes into the potato; mix in the rest of ingredients except for the egg. Make balls the size of a golf ball and flatten slightly into patties, coat with egg and then the crumbs; shallow fry in a pan with a little oil and serve as an appetizer or light dinner with salad.

The patties can also be placed in a baking dish and covered with tomato sauce, baked for 20 minutes and served with fried potatoes.

Variation: make these cakes with salmon. Poach it gently for 2 minutes in very little water, flake it and remove the bones. Continue as above.