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Tuna Melt Fishcakes

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Prep: 0 min Cook: 0 min Servings: 4 Difficulty: medium

Categories: Dinner, Dessert, Bread, Baked

Tags: baked, low-gi, main course, recipes using basil, recipes using bread crumb, recipes using caper, recipes using egg, recipes using parmesan, recipes using ricotta, recipes using tuna, recipes with metric units, very easy

Source: Wikibooks contributors (https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook%3ATuna_Melt_Fishcakes)

Adapted: Imported and reformatted by HowManyCookies from the cited Wikibooks revision.

Source revision: https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook%3ATuna%20Melt%20Fishcakes&oldid=4525570

License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) · Wikibooks contributors

Ingredients

  • 200 g tuna in olive oil
  • 200 g ricotta cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 50 g capers
  • 100 g breadcrumbs
  • 50 g grated parmesan cheese
  • 1 tablespoon chopped parsley or basil
  • 1 lemon, zested and juiced
  • Olive oil
  • Salt
  • Pepper

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 180ºC before beginning preparation.
  2. In a bowl beat the eggs and mix in well the drained tuna with the ricotta.
  3. Add a little salt and pepper, the lemon zest, basil or parsley, Parmesan and half the bread crumbs.
  4. Distribute a trickle of olive oil in an ovenproof dish.
  5. Work the ingredients well and, with the help of two spoons, form medium-sized balls to be covered in the other half of the breadcrumbs and lay them in the ovenproof dish.
  6. Bake in the oven for 25–30 minutes and serve warm or cold drizzling with lemon juice and accompanied by a green salad.