fish balls or fish hamburgers

Polpette di persico africano

Nile perch hamburgers Our original home cooking

yeld for 4

450 g (1lb) Nile perch fillets
70 g (2 1/2oz) dry bread
1 egg
2 young fresh onions, chopped (about 50 g - 1 3/4oz)
1 tablespoon dried chives
1 tablespoon dried parsley
1/2 teaspoon dried bay leaves
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
100 g (3 1/2oz) plain dried breadcrumbs
250 ml (8 3/4fl oz - 1C) dry white wine
4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
Salt

Time:
preparation: 20 minutes
cooking: 20 minutes
total time: 40 minutes
Difficulty:
medium difficult
Nutrition Facts (amount per serving):
Calories: 356 (kCal) 18 % GDA (*) - 1490 (kJ)
Protein: 27.7 (g) 56 % GDA
Total fat: 14.4 (g) 21 % GDA
Total carbohydrate: 33.4 (g) 13 % GDA
Sugars: 2.4 (g) 3 % GDA

Fish hamburgers are delicious, the're as tasty as meatballs. Seeing is believing :-)
We make a lot of versions of fish balls, this recipe is made with Nile perch, fish widely available throughout the year.

Here's the recipe of Nile perch hamburgers!

Prepare the stale bread. Soak the dry bread in cold water and then remove the excess of water pressing it between your hands very well.

Prepare the fish mixture. Blend the fish fillets with the egg, aromatic herbs, soaked bread, balsamic vinegar and onions in a food processor.
Put the mixture in a bowl. Begin adding the plain dried breadcrumbs slowly, mixing continuously by your hands. You should need about g 80 for the right consistence but it's difficult to say if it's the right dose. The experience will teach you what is the right dose every time. Season to taste with salt.

Make the hamburgers. Shape the mixture into big size balls and then press them as well as when you make hamburgers.
Dip every hamburger in the remaining plain dried breadcrumbs.

Cook your fish hamburgers. Pour the olive oil in a non-stick frying pan, add the hamburgers and let them fry lightly on both side over medium heat. At this point pour in the white wine, lower the flame and keep on cooking, half-covered, till the cooking juice is well retired. Remember to turn over your hamburgers now and then with delicacy. At the end brown your hamburgers on both sides.
Serve them hot or warm.

Note

- You can also make two fish loafs with the same doses. Cook them in the same way. You can cook them in advance.
- Serve these fish hamburgers with a green salad or a fennel & orange salad or seasonal boiled vegetables.

What's the right wine ?

Our suggestion is: Tocai Bianco from Italy (a white wine).