TUNA CAKES & SPRING ONION MAYONNAISE

Ingredients

Tuna Cakes:

2 cans of tuna, drained

50ml gherkins, finely chopped

1 small onion, finely chopped

30ml tomato sauce

30ml mayonnaise

2 eggs

½ cup breadcrumbs

oil for frying

Sauce:

125ml mayonnaise

½ tsp crushed garlic

4 spring onions, finely sliced

10ml lemon zest

Method

To prepare the sauce, mix all the ingredients together and refrigerate until ready to serve.

• Mix tuna, gherkins, onions, tomato sauce, mayonnaise, one egg, salt and black pepper.
• Shape into patties and refrigerate for 45 minutes.
• Heat a little oil in a frying pan.
• Beat the remaining egg and dip each tuna cake into the egg, then into the breadcrumbs.
• Fry the tuna cakes over a medium heat for about 4 minutes, until golden brown on each side.

Serve hot with the spring-onion mayonnaise and salad.

Serves 4