Gefilte fish
Gefilte fish, from above
Non vegEastern Europe

Gefilte fish

Poached fish dumplings with carrot coins and fiery horseradish. Grandma's Passover project.

120 minTime
28 gProtein each
mildSpice
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Grandma's wayPoached fish ovals, carrot coins and beetroot horseradish.
The original
228kcalsame
28 gproteinsame
2 gfibresame
120minutessame

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

8 servings
Fish1 kg white fish fillets (carp, pike, whitefish or any firm white fish)
Onion2 large, 1 sliced, 1 grated
Carrot3, 2 sliced into coins, 1 grated
Egg2
Matzo meal½ cup
Sugar1 tbsp
Salt2 tsp
White pepper½ tsp
Waterfor poaching

Method

5 steps
  1. 1Simmer the water with the sliced onion, carrot coins, half the salt and half the sugar.
  2. 2Mince or pulse the fish with the grated onion and carrot. Mix in eggs, matzo meal, remaining salt and sugar and the pepper.
  3. 3With wet hands, shape into ovals and lower gently into the simmering broth.
  4. 4Cover and simmer gently.
  5. 5Cool in the broth, then chill with the carrot coins and some broth.
Serve it like this

Serve chilled on a lettuce leaf with a carrot coin on top and a spoon of beetroot horseradish alongside.

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What goes with Gefilte fish: a bread or rice, a side, something to drink and something sweet.

Bread or rice Challah210 min
Bread or rice Methi thepla40 min
With a main Matzo ball soup120 min
With a main Brisket270 min
On the side Tzimmes75 min
On the side Potato kugel100 min
To drink Sol kadhi40 min
Something sweet Lokshen kugel80 min
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