Taste of Shetland - Crabbie Tattie Pattie with Spearmint Salsa

Course: Lunch or Dinner


Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup crab, cooked and mashed with a fork
  • 6 tatties, peeled, chunked, boiled and mashed
  • 1 tbsp "Chingarliger" (grated chilli, ginger and garlic) fried for 2 mins
  • 1/2 diced onion and 1/2 diced red pepper fried till soft
  • 1 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 egg beaten
  • Bunch chopped parsley
  • Salt and pepper

Instructions:

  1. Mix together with hands, roll into 4 balls and squish. Fry on both sides for 4 mins each side.
  2. Meanwhile make Spearmint Salsa using 12 cherry tomatoes quartered, 1/2 red onion diced, 1 tbsp lime juice, 1/2 cucumber diced, handful fresh chopped Indian spearmint and coriander, salt and pepp, and a slice of lemon.
  3. Assemble by putting pattie on a plate, adding decipod legs made out of red pepper and eyes made with a blob of mayo and two capers. Enjoy!

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