Tuna Cakes with Dill Sauce

Makes 6-8 cakes

1 cup cooked flaked fish

or 1 large can white tuna in water, drained and rinsed

3/4 cup finely chopped celery

1/2 cup finely chopped sweet onion

2 green onions, finely sliced

Vegetable cooking spray (olive oil or canola)

2 tablespoons cream cheese

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper

1/8 teaspoon Tabasco sauce

1/3 cup fine, dry bread crumbs

1 teaspoon dried dill weed

or 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh dill weed

1 egg, beaten

Prepare fish and set aside. Saute celery and onions in skillet coated with vegetable spray. Remove and mix together with all other ingredients. Divide into 8-2 inch portions. Pat into cakes and cook in medium hot skillet that has been coated with vegetable cooking spray (or a little sweet cream-salted butter). Cook a couple of minutes on each side...just enough to barely brown and warm inside. All the ingredients are cooked before you brown.

Serve on an English muffin or just by itself with the dill sauce recipe below. A lemon or lime wedge is always a great addition to this and most fish recipes. Make them smaller and serve as appetizers with a dollop of the dill sauce and a sprig of fresh dill. Very tasty way to serve fish.

Dill Sauce

Makes 2 cups

1/4 cup sour cream

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/4 cup grated sweet onion (or finely minced green onion)

1/4 cup peeled and finely minced cucumbers

1/4 cup fresh dill weed

or 1 heaping tablespoon dried dill weed

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

Stir all ingredients together until well blended. Refrigerate.

BTW: Dill and dill weed are the same thing. Dill seed is different. The seeds are obviously a different texture and have a stronger flavor. Fresh dill is more flavorful than dried but in recipes that call for long cooking, the dried dill actually works better. You can freeze fresh dill. I do it at end of summer and use all winter.  In my opinion, it really does taste better than dried.  

This recipe is shared August 31-September 4, 2015

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