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Sanae Ishida

A crafty little atelier in a grey city

October 24, 2012

Salmon Croquettes

On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being Julia Child), I would rate myself somewhere between a 5 and a 6 when it comes to cooking. I’m a good recipe-follower, but I’m not too innovative in my culinary endeavors. But these salmon croquettes are entirely of my own creation, and they are scrumptious, if I do say so myself. It is essentially un-mess-up-able and my finicky daughter who hates any food containing fish devours these.

It helps that they are full of buttery mashed potatoes and are fried up in olive oil.

Oh, and there’s a generous heaping of parmesan cheese in there.

They’re like a distant cousin to crab cakes, but ultimately feel like comfort food.

And hey, I wrote out the recipe for you, complete with illustrations! How you roast the salmon and make the mashed potatoes is entirely up to you (I like my mash to be extra buttery), and the proportions are completely estimated as I never measure anything out exactly. I usually peel about 5 or 6 potatoes, dice ’em up, boil them for 20 minutes and mash them with butter and salt. At the same time, I sprinkle some salt and pepper on a salmon filet, wrap it in foil, stick it in the oven (at around 350 degrees) for 15-20 minutes. Trust me, you don’t need to be too finicky with proportions either because I’ve made these at least a dozen times with varying amounts of salmon and potatoes and they always come out yum.

Here’s the recipe – you might need to click on the image to enlarge it.

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  1. Connie Yeung says

    October 24, 2012 at 6:39 am

    Wow! You even drew recipes. That’s very Japanese? I am impressed. The food looks great in the lunch box.

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  2. Connie Yeung says

    October 24, 2012 at 6:41 am

    Actually I love the bowl too. Couldn’t find nice bowls and plates in my last trip in Hong Kong where there are quite a number of big Japanese department stores.

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    • sanae says

      October 24, 2012 at 8:14 am

      I love the bowl too! I have similar bowls from Asian stores I’ve purchased in the past, but this one is actually from Anthro (I have a bit of an obsession with the store).

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  3. Bikbik & Roro says

    October 24, 2012 at 7:12 pm

    O. O boy. Salmon + mashed potatoes + cooking till golden brown. This couldn’t be more perfect.

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  4. Bikbik & Roro says

    October 24, 2012 at 7:14 pm

    p.s. I would have loved to see your “silly grin” 🙂

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  5. Venus says

    October 25, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    I’m always on the look out for new recipes and this looks yummy. Thanks for sharing!!!

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  6. Carolina says

    October 28, 2012 at 6:27 pm

    those look amazing!

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