Leek & Hot Smoked Trout Croquettes Recipe
Feel free to change the protein element in this gluten-free appetiser. These would be lovely if you replaced the smoked trout with ham, smoked salmon or goats cheese to make them vegetarian.
Makes: 10 croquettes
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Leek & Hot Smoked Trout Croquettes Recipe
Bursting with flavour, these smoked trout croquettes make the ultimate gluten-free appetiser and can easily be transformed into a vegetarian’s delight, too!
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Ingredients
- 2-3 large potatoes, peeled & cut into quarters
- 6 tbsp olive oil
- 1 leek, sliced & washed well
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 2 tsp Dijon mustard
- 3 tbsp chopped fresh dill
- ½ lemon, juiced
- 200g hot smoked trout, shredded into pieces
- ½ cup brown rice flour
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1 cup gluten-free breadcrumbs
Method
- Add the potatoes to a large pan of water, bring to the boil and simmer until cooked. Strain them and then put the strainer into the pan and set aside without a lid. This is an important step as the remaining heat in the pan will cause the potatoes to dry out slightly and will avoid them becoming mushy.
- Mash the potatoes well and set aside.
- Heat 1 tbsp olive in a large fry pan and add the sliced leeks. Cook over a medium heat until the leeks are soft and have begun to caramelise. Remove from the heat and add to the mashed potatoes.
- To the mashed potatoes also add salt, Dijon mustard, fresh dill, lemon juice and shredded smoked trout. Mix until everything is well combined.
- Divide the mixture into 10 and shape each piece into a round patty. If you wet your hands slightly before shaping the patty, it avoids it sticking to your hands.
- Assemble your crumbing line: put the brown rice flour onto a plate, beat the eggs in a small bowl and add the breadcrumbs to another plate. Begin by coating a patty in the brown rice flour, then dipping it into the egg mixture and finally coating it in the breadcrumbs, then set aside on a separate plate. Continue this process until you have coated each of your 10 patties.
- Heat 5 tbsp of olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Cook each patty for a few mins on each side until golden brown and crunchy. You don’t need to cook these for long as the mixture is already cooked.
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