Fish cakes made from heke

First, it is necessary to fillet the heke. You need to cut the fish fillet from the spine, remove the fins and skin.

Prepare a mixture of milk and egg. Add semolina, mix. Leave the semolina to swell in the milk mixture for fifteen minutes.

Cut the onion, butter, and fish into slices. Grind the components into minced meat using a meat grinder or blender. Add the minced meat to the swollen semolina, mix and bring it to a harmonious taste. Send the prepared minced meat to the refrigerator for half an hour.

With wet hands, form small plump cutlets from the minced meat. Roll each one in flour. At this stage, the cutlets can already be fried or frozen for later use as a semi-finished product.

Fry the blanks in vegetable oil until golden brown.

Serve the aromatic, juicy, and tender cutlets to the table with your favorite sauce. Bon appetit!

It is quite difficult to prepare juicy fish cakes from heke, as heke fish is very dietary and therefore - dry. The secret to juicy fish cakes lies in additional ingredients. In this case, they are: onion, milk, and butter. Such cutlets can be fried in flour breading, in crunchy bread crumbs or without additional coating. In all variants, it will be very tasty. With breading, the cutlets will be juicier, as it will retain moisture in the cutlet. Semolina gives the cutlets fluffiness, however, it can be replaced with ground oatmeal. Try making this fish appetizer and you definitely won't be disappointed!