Fishcakes!

comping_cat

I normally use tinned salmon to make my fish cakes, and i always freeze them uncooked. If i had cooked the fish myself, from raw, i would freeze it, but if i used cooked fish that had already been frozen, i would use it the same day!!!

Mr_Proctalgia

It is all a nightmare, I worked for a national supplier of ready meals (among a lot of other things) and I can guarantee that food is thawed, processed and refrozen without being cooked, the big difference is that whilst the fresh raw food was thawed it was very carefully controlled to minimise its chance of spoiling and then blast frozen in seconds down to minus 40 or lower, this prevents large ice crystals forming and damaging the food too much, however doing this at home is not possible.

Katinkka

I made some fishcakes last week and froze them uncooked. By that I mean. The fish was frozen, then cooked in water and added to potato etc and then stuffed in the freezer. Can I cook them from frozen? How long for?

Thanks.

Mup_2

Hi
Sorry - I'm relatively new to all this but was the fish frozen, cooked and re-frozen? It usually says on packs not to re-freeze so will be interested in replies from more experience cooks/moneysavers...
Mup.

comping_cat

Ive made fish cakes from fish that was previously frozen, but it was uncooked and i cooked it before making the fishcakes. Normally i leave them to defrost when i reheat/cook them although i suppose you can buy fishcakes that can be cooked from frozen (goodness knows what would be in them tho!!!) and they normally say make sure they are cooked all the way through before serving. Depending on the size of them depends on how long i would cook them!
Catherine x

comping_cat

Mup wrote:

Hi
Sorry - I'm relatively new to all this but was the fish frozen, cooked and re-frozen? It usually says on packs not to re-freeze so will be interested in replies from more experience cooks/moneysavers...
Mup.

Raw frozen fish can be cooked then refrozen, its when it has already been cooked and frozen, that they say you shouldnt refreeze. HTH.
Catherine x

Curry_Queen

This thread has made me think now because a few months ago I made some smoked mackerel fishcakes, using frozen/de-frosted mackerel fillets, and I don't recall "cooking" them before making up the fishcakes, but I then froze the surplus fishcakes in their raw state, if that makes sense.

We finally got around to eating them a couple of weeks ago, having defrosted and cooked as normal, and they were delicious and none of us got an upset tummy or anything from eating them

taplady

Am having some HM fishcakes for tea tonight!

They were made and cooked a couple of weeks ago and frozen and am now defrosting before I reheat them. Usually I cook the fish (unless its tinned) first then make the cakes and freeze without cooking again, just cook them when I've got them out of the freezer.
Its ok to refreeze if the fish wasn't cooked the first time it was frozen then defrosted and cooked before refreezing( hope this makes sense! )

Katinkka

So after advice from the board, I have so far, cooked and then frozen them and was told its best to defrost them before cooking. Can anyone advise how long it will take to defrost them? I was hoping to do them for the kids tea at 5pm. How long do I cook them for and at what temp?

Thanks for any help. I would much rather give the kids frozen food that I have made than chick dippers but there are no freeze instructions with recipes.

FunkyFairy

I would take them out now.

Cook them on 200oc for about 25 mins checking after 20.