Hake - a healthy and delicious fish with a gentle lightmeat and a small amount of pits. Culinary experts appreciate this variety for expressive taste without any extraneous odors, ease of preparation and compatibility with many products. Cooking this fish is possible in a variety of ways, but one of the most popular recipes in the people are hake cutlets.
Required Products
For the preparation of the dish, we need a hake filletweighing a pound, a small onion, 2 slices of a loaf or one white unsweetened roll, 2 tbsp. l. manki, 1 egg and a little milk. To roll, you need a small amount of flour (about 2 tablespoons). Fry meatballs can be fried in cream or vegetable oil without an active smell.
Cutlets from hake can be called an economical recipe. They do not require significant expenses. And the time for cooking will be very little.
Additional Ingredients
To get even more fragrant, beautiful andtasty cutlets from hake, to the stuffing, you can add a tablespoon of finely chopped green onions or dill. Paprika will give a flavor and a pleasant amber tint. And if you do not adhere to strict diets and do not like too delicate fish dishes, pass through a meat grinder along with a hake fillet a small piece of fat - this will make the meatballs more juicy.
The process of cooking classic cutlets
The first thing to do is to prepare forcemeat from fish, onionsand soaked in milk white bread. If you prefer a gentle consistency or cook cutlets from hake for children, you can scroll it twice. Salt the mass to taste, if desired, add a little black pepper. Stroke the egg and knead thoroughly. If the mass seems too dry, add a little milk in which the bread is soaked.
Moistened in water hands, form cutlets of any shape: oval, round or in the form of balls. Roll them in flour and fry in oil on medium-intensity fire.
How to Make Crispy Hake Cutlets
This idea is sure to be appreciated by those who lovebrowned crust. In addition to these products, we will need another egg and 23 cups of breadcrumbs. And if you prefer spicy dishes, take a teaspoon of any seasoning for fish.
In one flat plate, pour in flour, in a bowlbreak and stir the egg with a fork, and in the third vessel, add the biscuits mixed with the seasoning. Crumble each loaf in turns in all three plates: first in flour, then in egg, and then in breadcrumbs. The crust will turn out to be whole, it will not fall off the minced meat, but the cutlets themselves will come out very tender, because the breading does not allow the juices to flow out during cooking.
As a breading can be used not onlyground crackers, but also semolina, crushed potato chips, oatmeal broken by a blender. You can also experiment by mixing different types of breading in any quantities.
By the way, this cooking method is perfect for a festive menu.
Diet patties
Minced hake fish cakes are a great option for baby foods. This dish is recommended by many nutritionists and pediatricians. When it comes time to get acquainted with the fish, hake fit perfectly.
But here in this case you should not fry cutlets. Much more useful cooking in a double boiler. If you do not have this technique, put the patties in the baking sleeve and send to the oven for 25 minutes.
If you're cooking tender hake cutlets forfeeding a small child, do not make large portions. It is not recommended to keep children's dishes, it is better to cook as much as a child eats at a time.
Feed to the table
Delicious hake fish cakes will be excellentcompany to any side dish of potatoes: mashed potatoes, baked in a rustic or boiled in uniform. They are suitable for cereal porridge and pasta dishes.
Hake meat patties go well with sauces:cheese and cream, ketchup and adzhika. You can even apply to them the usual sour cream or cream. To give the dish an additional flavor and decorate it, sprinkle cutlets with finely chopped greens before serving.
Serve fish patties hot. And they eat them according to the rules of etiquette with the help of a usual (not fish) table fork and knife.
