Crab and salmon fishcakes with homemade tartare sauce

Prepare the fishcakes in advance and chill. Remove from the fridge 30 minutes before cooking, and fry just before serving.

By Sophie Dahl
From The Delicious Miss Dahl

Ingredients

For the potatoes

  • 250g/9oz small potatoes, preferably red-skinned potatoessuch as Roosevelt
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 2 tbsp olive oil

For the fishcakes

  • 250g/9oz salmon, poached, flaked, bones removed
  • 150g/5oz white crabmeat
  • 150g/5oz brown crabmeat
  • 1 tbsp good quality mayonnaise
  • handful fresh flatleaf parsley, chopped
  • handful fresh dill, chopped
  • 1 red chilli, finely chopped
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

For the tartare sauce

  • 4 tbsp good quality mayonnaise
  • 4 small cornichons or gherkins, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp capers
  • handful fresh flatleaf parsley, finely chopped
  • ½ lemon, juice only
  • 1 tsp grated fresh horseradish
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

To serve

  • 2 large handfuls fresh baby spinach
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper