Fish

Gefilte Fish

Name: Gefilte Fish
Total time: 52 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Israeli
Ingredients: 2¼ lb carp ground; 1 onion grated; 2 eggs; 2 salts; 2 tsp sugar; 1 cup matzo meal; 4¼ cups water; 2 carrots sliced

Patties of ground fish (usually carp) with eggs, onion, a little sugar and matzo meal or breadcrumbs, lowered gently into a boiling stock of water, carrot and onion, cooked slowly over low heat and cooled in the stock; served cold, with a carrot slice and horseradish.

⏱ 52 min🧩 2 parts

⚖ Pareve

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

1
Mix the ground fish with the onion, eggs, matzo meal, sugar and salt until evenly combined.
2
With wet hands, shape patties the size of Egg.
💡Wet hands don't stick to the mixture, and the patties come out smooth and even.

To assemble

3
In a large pot, bring the water and carrot to a boil.
StoveLarge pot
4
Gently lower the meatballs into the boiling stock.
💡Lower the patties in gently, only once the stock is boiling, and cook over low heat: at a hard boil they fall apart.
5
Turn down to low and simmer 45 minutes.
⚙ SimmeringStove
💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
6
Let the meatballs cool in the stock.
Refrigerator
7
Serve cold.

503calories

51 gprotein

32 gcarbs

17 gfat

● protein 42%● carbs 26%● fat 31%

Per serving (667 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

Carp: measured in pieces: one ≈ 500 g · 127 kcal per 100 g · More about Carp →
Onion: measured in pieces: one ≈ 117 g · 40 kcal per 100 g · More about Onion →
Eggs: measured in pieces: one ≈ 50 g · 143 kcal per 100 g · More about Eggs →
Salt: 1 tbsp = 18 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Salt →
Sugar: measured in tsp in this recipe: 1 tsp = 4.2 g · 387 kcal per 100 g · More about Sugar →
Matzo meal: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 120 g · 392 kcal per 100 g · More about Matzo meal →
Water: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 240 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Water →
Carrots: measured in pieces: one ≈ 62 g · 41 kcal per 100 g · More about Carrots →

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

Refrigerator · Also works: Freezer (Chills faster; don't let it freeze) · Ice bath (Ice bath)
Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Large pot · Also works: Pot (Cook in two batches)

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🧩 Parts

Meatball mix: Meatball mix · Fried Meat and Rice Filling

⚙️ What you can change

Possible additions: Onion in the stock · Bay leaves · Sugar in the stock · Salt in the stock · Pepper in the stock · Chilling in the fridge once cooled (at least 4 hours) · Serving (with the cooked carrot slices) · How long it keeps (up to 3 days) · Stock from the fish head bones
The word for the patties: the meatballs
Cooking time (minutes): 45
Bone stock cooking time (minutes): 30