27 Feb Friday's Dish

 

Taken from Medieval Cookery

This one was a successful failure.  What I mean by that is that the mixture failed to retain ball shape when I fried them up but the hash that I did fry up was pretty darn good.  It is a recipe I'll try again with a few changes.  

One, make sure I blend everything separately and thoroughly.  I chucked the golden raisins (sultanas), the blanched almond slivers, and pieces of cod in the blender together.  I should have had each done up separately and then combined them to make the fish balls.

Two, use a bit more fish and a few less raisins.  I used equal amounts, more or less, of each of the three ingredients.  

I did add some Poudre Forte to the recipe which really made it taste amazing.  The ground up raisins should act as a binding agent for the almonds and the fish - I used cod- but nothing got completely ground up so this was the result.  I fried them up in olive oil.  

 

The result!  Yes, I know it doesn't photograph well.  At all.  As you can see, the almonds weren't ground up properly but I got tired of fighting with the blender and just made up what I had.  And yes, I used a blender rather than a mortar and pestle.