Starters & Light meals
Snoek-and-potato frikkadels




“This a clever way to use up any leftover braaied snoek or yellowtail. For the blatjang, or chutney, I like to use apricots for their tartness, but peaches are also great.”
– Abigail Donnelly
Wine/Spirit Pairing
Warwick Rosé
Ingredients
Method
- 800 g Woolworths lightly smoked whole snoek, cooked
- 2 large potatoes, cooked
- 1 t garam masala
- 1 onion, grated
- 3 T coriander, chopped
- salt, to taste
- oil, for frying
- lemon wedges, for serving For the dried apricot blatjang:
- 1 T sunflower oil
- 1 onion, finely chopped
- 1 t coriander seeds, crushed
- 1 star anise
- 1 clove
- 12 dried apricots, chopped
- 1 cup Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Blend 750 ml(red wine)
- 2 T soft brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup apple juice
- salt, to taste
Method
Ingredients
1. Mix the snoek, potatoes, garam masala, onion and coriander. Season and roll into 12 balls.
2. Heat the oil in a large pan and fry the frikkadels in two batches.
3. To make the blatjang, heat the oil in a pan. Add the onion and cook over a medium heat until golden. Add the remaining ingredients and simmer for 20 minutes or until sticky.
4 Serve the frikkadels with the blatjang.
Photographs: Jan Ras
Production: Abigail Donnelly and Kate Wilson
Food assistants: Emma Nkunzana and Josh Van Zyl
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