No Fry Fish Cakes for Babies and Toddlers

Fish Cakes are a really great food for kids.  They are full of great stuff and make it easy to hide the stuff they may not like so much.  I love this recipe because the cakes are baked rather than fried. 

Since this recipe does involve eggs, please use your own discretion before giving to a baby under 12 mos.  

My daughter loves the crispy outside with the soft, moist interior.  After I make up some for her I usually add 1/2 tsp of salt and make up some cakes for her Daddy and I.

Ingredients:

4 Sole Fillets (or other white fish)
1/2 cup Sweet Peas (or other veg)
2 Large Potatoes, Peeled & Chopped
3 Eggs
3/4 Cup Flour
3/4 Cup Breadcrumbs (Italian or Panko work best)
Roughly 2-3 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Directions:

1)  Preheat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. 

2) Boil fillets, peas, and potatoes together in a large pot for 20 minutes or until potatoes are tender.  I have found it works best if you put the potatoes on the bottom and then the peas and fillets on top of them.

3) Put cooked ingredients into a food processor along with 1 tbsp of breadcrumbs and 2 eggs then process until smooth.

4)  Cool mixture, covered, in refrigerator – its easier to form into cakes when the mixture is more stiff and cool.

5)  Create an assembly line to make the cakes by filling a bowl with flour, another with a beaten egg and the last bowl with breadcrumbs.

6)  Use a spoon to spoon out a small amount of the mixture and form into a ball.  

7)  Roll ball of mixture in flour, then in the egg and finally in the breadcrumbs.

8)  Place on a baking sheet lined with waxed paper or lightly greased and pat down into a cake shape.  Repeat steps 6-8 until mixture is done.

9)  Drop a small amount of oil on each cake then place in the oven and bake for 20 minutes.

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