Fish Cakes With Herbed Sauce (German)

• FOR FISH CAKES
• 2 potatoes (peeled)
• 1 onion (divided per Prep Step #1)
• 9 ounces white fish fillets (skinned & bones removed)
• 9 ounces smoked fish fillets (skinned & bones removed, may use shrimp as I did & see Note below)
• flour (sml amt for dusting)
• canola oil (for shallow frying)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• FOR HERBED SAUCE
• 2 ounces mixed herbs (See note Re Herb Mix)
• 4 tablespoons Quark (or sub cream cheese)
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 2 teaspoons mustard (sweet variety)
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice (or 4-6 drops Tobasco)
• 2 eggs (hard-boiled & roughly chopped)

1. Coarsely grate potatoes & squeeze out all excess moisture. Coarsely grate onion. Add half the onion to the potatoes & reserve the other half for the sauce.
2. Chop fish fillets roughly, place in a food proc w/some freshly ground black pepper & whizz to a smooth paste.
3. Combine fish paste w/the potato/onion mixture & add salt as desired, remembering the smoked fish provides a salt component. Shape mixture into 8 rd cakes & set aside.
4. Wash out the food proc & make the sauce by blending your chosen herbs till finely chopped (See note below Re Herb Mix).
5. Add remaining sauce ingredients + reserved grated onion & pulse to a slightly chunky puree - not smooth as it should have some texture. Taste sauce, add salt & pepper as desired, transfer to a bowl & set aside.
6. Dust fish cakes lightly w/flour. Heat oil to a depth of 1/2-inch & fry cakes (in 2 batches as needed) for about 3 min on ea side over med-heat. Drain on paper towels & reheat oil to cook 2nd batch. Serve fish cakes w/sauce & a fresh tomato salad.
7. RE HERB MIX: (Quoted from recipe) "Choose from parsley, chives, chervil, dill, marjoram, sorrel, coriander, basil, tarragon, borage, lovage, rocket or baby spinach. Use the more pungent herbs sparingly.".
8. NOTE (Added 4/3/08) ~ When I made this dish, I unexpectedly found myself w/o smoked fish to use -- so I subbed Icelandic baby shrimp & it worked very well. If you make the recipe using this sub, I advise adding 1 tsp (or more as desired) of Old Bay Seasoning to the fish cake mixture.

potatoes, onion, white fish, fish, flour, canola oil, salt, herbed sauce, mixed herbs, cream cheese, milk, mayonnaise, lemon juice, eggs

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/fish-cakes-with-herbed-sauce-german-255531 (may not work)