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Melt in the middle tuna fish cakes

Prep time
5 mins
Cooking Time
15 mins
Serves
2

Ingredients

  • Vegetable oil for frying
  • 2 tins of MSC certified tuna
  • 1/2 red onion
  • 1 celery stalk
  • 1/2 bell pepper
  • Small bunch of coriander
  • Small bunch of dill
  • 1 spring onion
  • 1/2 small tin of sweetcorn
  • 1 jalapeño or other chilli
  • 1 tsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp paprika
  • 2 eggs
  • 100g panko breadcrumbs
  • 100g mozzarella cheese, grated
  • 50g white sesame seeds
  • 50g black sesame seeds

Method

  1. Open the tinned tuna, getting rid of any excess brine or sunflower oil and add it to a bowl.
  2. Finely chop all the herbs and vegetables, you want them diced fairly small and roughly equal size, add them to the tuna. Season with salt, pepper, paprika and a spoonful of fish sauce. Crack in 2 eggs and mix everything together really well.
  3. Let it sit in the fridge for 5 mins
  4. Take a tablespoon of the tuna mixture and place it on your palm, roll it like a meatball then flatten it and add grated mozzarella cheese to the centre, add another spoonful of the mixture on top and roll into a ball.
  5. Combine white and black sesame seeds on a plate and coat each fishcake in the sesame seeds before frying in hot oil for 2-3 mins per side or until golden brown.