Gordon Ramsay, oh how I love you.

I wish I could put it into words, but there’s just something I love about Gordon.  I got one of his books for my birthday a while back and have pretty much cooked my way through it a few times.  It’s simple food with great touches that make everything seem a little more fancy than it is. You know how on Hell’s Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares he’s always going on about how good ingredients equal good food. He’s right.  A little bit of quality shows and the better the food the less you have to do with it.

Case in point, his Fish Cakes with Anchovy Dressing. One of my favorites, even though I always, always forget how long it takes to make this (there’s a “resting” step that helps make sure the cakes don’t fall apart when cooking). This time I thought ahead and made the potatoes much earlier today but still managed to take nearly 2 hours to cook it because it’s a little fussy. and as I said…resting/cooling.

I don’t want to bother with posting the recipe since it’s not mine, but it’s available in his book Healthy Appetite and I found a little video clip from the episode it’s featured in:

Gordon Cooks Fish Cakes on The F Word

Here’s my finished product…

I get pretty heavy handed with the dressing for this. In fact I tend to make double because I love it so.  Sadly it’s mostly anchovies and capers.  My ankles are already swelling up because of the salt but it’s so darn tasty!

One thing I did differently this time was make 8 small thin cakes instead of 4 big ones. I liked that they were easier to handle and crisper as there was more panko coating. I also took advantage of Christmas and used a piece of smoked fish (smoked whitefish, I’m sure I could get smoked haddock, but I bet it’s pricey) leftover from a party-we ended up not using it.  This was a great ending to a nice quiet, if not a little too lazy Saturday.

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