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Recipe of the week:

Shoe String Potato Crusted Spicy Albacore Cakes!

Ingredients:

• 2 cans of albacore tuna
• 2 tbsp. Capers, rinsed
• 1 tsp. Cayenne pepper
• 3-4 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp. Soy sauce
• 2 tbsp. Brown mustard
• 1/4 cup plain bread crumbs
• 1 cup fresh parsley, rough chop
• 3 cups shoestring potatoes, crushed
• 1 cup canola oil
• 2 eggs

Instructions:

Drain tuna completely. In large mixing bowl, add tuna and fork apart. Add remaining ingredients except for shoestring potatoes. Combine well. Take palms worth of tuna and make a 3” patty in your hand. Smooth edges with your finger. Cover both sides of patties with shoestring potatoes (if not sticking, you can do a light egg wash and then cover in the shoestring). In large skittle, heat oil on high (2 cups for deep fryer; aboug 1/2 cup for skillet). Using tongs, gently place patties in oil and cook (pan-fry) for 2 minutes on each side or until golden brown. Transfer to paper towel covered plate. Yields 5-6 patties! - Bren Herrera