Essential Cod & Parsley Fish Cakes

What is it?

Two fishcakes made with cod and fresh parsley, usually sold chilled or frozen and shaped into neat rounds or ovals. They’re part of Waitrose’s Essential range, which tends to keep the ingredient list plain and the format straightforward. Inside, you get flaked white fish bound with potato and herbs, then coated for a crumbed finish that bakes or fries up with a soft centre. Compared with breaded fillets or fish fingers in the same aisle, these sit a little more in the mash-and-fishcake camp, with parsley doing most of the seasoning work.