Smoked mackerel fishcakes

12 10 2009

Smoked mackerel

Smoked mackerel

This is a favourite weeknight standby of ours. It’s an easy process to put them together and uses easy-to-keep ingredients.

I use the vac-packed smoked mackerel fillets which are cheap as chips and give a lovely smoky flavour to the fishcakes. The only other ingredients are mash, spring onions and some breadcrumbs. Read the rest of this entry »





My favourite mash…

17 09 2009

Seems a bit silly doing a post about mash, but it’s one of my favourite things in the world.

So, chop the spuds up – smaller than for boiled so they cook quicker and are easier to mash. Boil in salted water until a knife goes into the middle easily. Drain well. Read the rest of this entry »