There is so much we love about this dish, made with smoked tinned salmon from our friends at Seed + Mill! The green tahini sauce is ‘lick the plate’ worthy and comes together in under a minute’s prep! You can make the sauce in advance and keep it in the fridge for up to three days. We made these salmon cakes with a couple of pantry staples and our Friday night leftovers……always love a double duty dish! 

Makes 8-10 cakes

Ingredients

For the salmon cakes  

2 tins of Fishwife Smoked Salmon

1 cup chopped boiled potatoes (we happened to have roasted potatoes from the night before that we chopped into small pieces)

1 cup farro cooked in vegetable stock (again, we used left over farrow from dinner the night before)

2 eggs

½ cup panko bread crumbs

Rind of 1 lemon 

Pinch of salt and pepper 

2-3 tbs vegetable oil (or oil spray) 

For the tahini sauce 

1 c of mixed fresh green herbs (we used basil, mint and parsley, including stems)

Juice of ½ lemon

1 c Organic Seed + Mill Tahini  

1 tbs hot honey (or use regular honey if you don’t want the spice, use maple syrup to make vegan)  

¼ c iced water 

1 tsp sea salt, pepper to taste 

Method

For the fish cakes: 

Pre-heat oven to 400F. Mix salmon, potatoes, farro, eggs, salt and pepper in a bowl until well combined. The mix should remain chunky.  Spread bread crumbs and lemon rind over a plate. Using damp hands, roll salmon mix into balls (approx 2 inch diameter) and gently roll in the breadcrumb mix until well coated. Place balls on parchment lined sheet pan. Gently press down on each ball so it forms more of a patty shape rather than a round ball.  Mix should make approximately 8 cakes.  Spray/drizzle each cake with vegetable oil and bake in oven for 

30 mins, or until golden brown. 

For the tahini sauce

While cakes are in the oven, prepare tahini sauce. Place herbs, honey, lemon juice, tahini, salt and pepper in a blender or food processor. Blend until smooth (it might appear a bit chunky at first). Slowly add iced water until the consistency is smooth. For a thicker consistency, add more tahini, for a thinner consistency, add more water. 

Serve cakes with a side dish of tahini sauce or swoosh the sauce over a large serving plate and place the cakes over the top. Garnish with extra herbs, cracked pepper and additional lemon rind!