Rissoles!

[marthamoo]

That sounds rude...

Back from Wales with a burning urge to make rissoles. I never knew what they were but while staying with the inlaws we watched a programme about what the royal family eat (mmmmmm). Anyway, apparently the Queen is very fond of rissoles which are like fish cakes but made out of left over veg and meat from Sunday lunch. Well, if it's good enough for her Majesty...dutifully food processed the left over chicken and vegetables from Sunday lunch yesterday, have mixed in an egg to bind them, and coated with egg and breadcrumbs and put in the fridge. They are very crumbly though and I don't know how best to cook them and I think they will just fall apart. Where have I gone wrong?

Any rissole eating royalty out there?

And have I missed anything exciting while I've been away?

Well that brings back memories, Grandma was always making them when I was a child and they were delicious. I wouldn't know how to make them now, so will see if any clever MNters have the answer, I quite fancy one myself!
Hope you had a good break MM.

Wotcher MMM. You've missed...oooh, big thread about drugs, various babies, my 'Angel clashes with Six Feet Under' dilemma...

I think the rissoles should probably be quite intensely fried, but honestly I think the Queen's taste in food is not necessarily very exciting.

Rissoles were a favourite when I was a kid and my Mum would eke out the Sunday Roast. Ours were made with minced cooked meat and potato, crumbed, like yours, and fried in butter or oil. Do you think yours might be too dry or too sloppy, or that the pieces are too big and therefore not holding together? The ones Mum made were thicker than frozen fishcakes - about 2.5cms thick.

If you're here on MN, Liz, tell us your secret!

Usually I shallow fry them in a fry pan or they are good on a BBQ with a solid plate. I'm not sure about the consistency though as I only ever make them with raw minced beef, not leftovers, but if they're crumbly maybe they may need more egg to hold them together???

Ooh quick response - thanks!

I think it's lack of potato that's making them too sloppy. I did roast potatoes so when I attempted to food process them they just went sticky and slimey (I'd forgotten they did that from making baby food!). I think if I had done mashed potatos and put them in they would have held together better.

I shall attempt to fry them and see how they turn out (and if anyone can be persuaded to eat them). Watch this space!

Are they a Southern thing, btw?

I had rissoles every Tuesday from about aged 1 to when I left home. Monday was cold meat and chips from the Sunday roast, Tuesday was rissoles with the left over meat from Monday. My mum was from Yorkshire, how she managed to make a roast last 3 days in a family of 5 I don't know. Probably explains why we called them grissoles, by Tuesday we were down to cartilage and bone. I think the thing you left out might have been the potato. Dm used to make mashed potato and then mouli the joint carcass and shallow fry. I should think the queens taste a bit better, can't say I've been tempted to recreate for my children, may also explain why I am now veggie

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This thread reminds me of my late nan

All the family used to visit her on sundays and she would always have several trays of rissoles and several tins of choclate concrete ready for us to take away.

Have never had either since she died over 5 years ago.

I always wondered what Rissoles were......but was afraid to ask !

a little flour maybe?

I grilled them in the end and they were delicious - only one fell apart. Ds2 didn't like them but that's pretty much a given anyway - he IS two. Big hit with me, dh and ds1. Will try potato next time. Thanks all