Gefilte fish is a classic Jewish dish that is typically served during holidays and special occasions. It is made with a mixture of ground fish, matzo meal, eggs, and spices, and is then poached or baked. Gefilte fish can be made with a variety of different types of fish, but the most common are salmon, cod, and pike. This article provides recipes for three different versions of gefilte fish: a traditional salmon and cod gefilte fish, a baked gefilte fish, and a vegetarian gefilte fish. All three recipes are easy to follow and make a delicious and festive dish.
Traditional salmon and cod gefilte fish is made with a mixture of ground salmon and cod, matzo meal, eggs, and spices. The mixture is then poached in a flavorful broth until cooked through. Baked gefilte fish is made with a similar mixture of ingredients, but it is baked in the oven instead of poached. Vegetarian gefilte fish is made with a mixture of matzo meal, eggs, vegetables, and spices. It is also baked in the oven. All three versions of gefilte fish are served with a horseradish sauce and a variety of other accompaniments, such as chopped hard-boiled eggs, grated carrots, and beet slices.
SALMON AND COD GEFILTE FISH
Our modern take on the Passover classic transforms this often divisive dish into elegant quenelles made with salmon and cod rather than the traditional carp or pike.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Time 2h5m
Yield Serves 8 to 10
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Heat oil in a large straight-sided skillet over medium. Add chopped onion and carrots; season with salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until very soft, about 10 minutes. Transfer mixture to a bowl; let cool.
- Return skillet to medium-high heat (do not wipe clean). Add remaining onion and carrot, celery, bay leaf, and peppercorns; toast until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Add 8 cups water, fish sauce, and 1 tablespoon salt; bring to a boil. Remove from heat. In a small bowl, combine 1/3 cup liquid and matzo meal. Cover skillet.
- Meanwhile, slice 1/2 pound salmon into 10 strips, each about 1 inch thick and 2 inches long. Place on a plate, season with salt, cover, and refrigerate. Chop remaining 1 pound salmon into 1-inch pieces. Place chopped salmon and cod in a food processor with chopped-onion mixture, matzo-meal mixture, mustard, sugar, and dill. Add 2 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; pulse until combined. In the bowl of a mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat eggs on medium speed until foamy, 1 minute. Add fish mixture; beat until fluffy, about 7 minutes. Cover and refrigerate 1 to 4 hours.
- Scoop fish mixture into 10 half-cup balls; transfer to a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet. With dampened hands, press a salmon strip into each ball, then shape into an oval. Return liquid in skillet to a simmer. With a spoon, gently drop in fish ovals. Remove from heat; cover and let stand 15 minutes. Refrigerate overnight.
- Let stand at room temperature about 30 minutes. With a slotted spoon, gently remove gefilte fish. Serve over escarole with lemons, cucumbers, radishes, matzos, and sauces.
GEFILTE FISH
My mother-in-law took great pains to prepare Gefilte Fish for Passover and Rosh Hashanah. The best legacy she left was to teach her sons how to do it and in turn they would teach their wives and then the next generation. This has been passed down and today it is still appreciated as the Mintz Family Gefilte Fish.
Provided by Daisy
Categories Appetizers and Snacks Seafood
Time 2h35m
Yield 8
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Grind the fish, 2 1/2 onions and 4 carrots together. Place fish mixture in a wooden bowl. Using a hand chopper, add eggs one at a time. Add 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar, 4 teaspoons salt and white pepper and continue to chop until very well blended. Stir in the ice water a little at a time throughout this process. Add matzo meal and chop again. Check to see if mixture is thick enough to bind together to make an oval gefilte fish ball and if not add in more matzo meal.
- Meanwhile, fill two large heavy stock pots half full of water . Into each pot slice one raw onion and one sliced carrot. Add fish skins, if desired. Sprinkle in paprika, salt, black pepper and two tablespoons of sugar. Bring to a boil over medium heat and let boil for 10 minutes.
- With wet hands shape the fish balls and carefully drop into boiling stock. Cover slightly and cook over medium-low heat for 2 hours. When done, let fish sit in the pot for 10 minutes, then remove pieces carefully to containers and strain remaining stock over fish balls, just barely covering them. Chill and serve. They will now keep in the refrigerator for up to 6 days.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 513.4 calories, Carbohydrate 32.4 g, Cholesterol 247.9 mg, Fat 14.2 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 62.1 g, SaturatedFat 3.5 g, Sodium 1445.7 mg, Sugar 15.5 g
CLASSIC GEFILTE FISH
Gefilte fish is one of those recipes where touch and taste are essential ingredients. A basic recipe goes this way:"You put in this and add that." If you don't want to taste the raw fish, add a bit more seasoning than you normally would. What makes this recipe Galicianer (southern Polish) is the addition of sugar.
Provided by Joan Nathan
Categories Egg Fish Onion Appetizer Sukkot Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Carrot Fall Kosher Boil Sugar Conscious Pescatarian Dairy Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Yield: about 26 patties (P)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- 1. Place the reserved bones, skin, and fish heads in a wide, very large saucepan with a cover. Add the water and 2 teaspoons of the salt and bring to a boil. Remove the foam that accumulates.
- 2. Slice 1 onion in rounds and add along with 3 of the carrots. Add the sugar and bring to a boil. Cover and simmer for about 20 minutes while the fish mixture is being prepared.
- 3. Place the ground fish in a bowl. In a food processor finely chop the remaining onions, the remaining carrot, and the parsnip; or mince them by hand. Add the chopped vegetables to the ground fish.
- 4. Add the eggs, one at a time, the remaining teaspoon of salt, pepper, and the cold water, and mix thoroughly. Stir in enough matzah meal to make a light, soft mixture into oval shapes, about 3 inches long. Take the last fish head and stuff the cavity with the ground fish mixture.
- 5. Remove from the saucepan the onions, skins, head, and bones and return the stock to a simmer. Gently place the fish patties in the simmering fish stock. Cover loosely and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Taste the liquid while the fish is cooking and add seasoning to taste. Shake the pot periodically so the fish patties won't stick. When gefilte fish is cooked, remove from the water and allow to cool for at least 15 minutes.
- 6. Using a slotted spoon carefully remove the gefilte fish and arrange on a platter. Strain some of the stock over the fish, saving the rest in a bowl.
- 7. Slice the cooked carrots into rounds cut on a diagonal about 1/4 inch thick. Place a carrot round on top of each gefilte fish patty. Put the fish head in the center and decorate the eyes with carrots. Chill until ready to serve. Serve with a sprig of parsley and horseradish.
ELLYN GOODRICH'S ALASKAN HALIBUT AND SALMON GEFILTE FISH TERRINE (PAREVE)
Provided by Linda Amster
Categories Food Processor Appetizer Bake Passover Halibut Salmon Spring Chill Kosher Sugar Conscious Pescatarian Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free
Yield Makes 20 servings
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease a 12-cup bundt pan with the margarine.
- Cut the fish into large chunks, and place in the bowl of a food processor. Pulse about 20 times, do not puree, but grind fine. Place in the bowl of an electric mixer.
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan, and sauté the onions over medium-low heat until soft and transparent. Let cool.
- To the fish mixture, add the onions, eggs, 2 cups of cold water, matzoh meal, salt, white pepper, sugar and lemon juice. Beat in the electric mixer at medium speed, using a paddle attachment, for about 10 minutes. Add the dill, and grate in the carrots; mix well.
- Pour the mixture into the greased bundt pan. Smooth the top with a spatula, and cover with foil. Place a large pan filled with water which is almost boiling and comes at least halfway up the sides of the bundt pan.
- Bake in the oven for 1 hour, or until the center is solid. Cool for 5 minutes, or until mold is cool to the touch. Run a knife around the edges. Place a flat serving plate on top, and then flip over, inverting the mold onto the plate. If the mold does not come out easily, give the plate a shake. You should feel or hear it give.
- Refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Slice as you would a torte, and serve as an appetizer. Garnish with the parsley and remaining dill, and serve with red horseradish.
SALMON GEFILTE FISH
If you live anywhere in the New York area you have probably come across gefilte fish and if you have never had anything but gefilte fish from a jar I really feel bad for you but you can change your ways. LOL! This is delicious but requires a ready-made frozen salmon roll.
Provided by scancan
Categories European
Time 40m
Yield 10 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Place all ingredients except parsley in medium sized covered pot and bring to a boil.
- After you bring water to a boil lower flame and continue cooking for fifteen minutes.
- Add Parsley.
- Turn fish over and continue cooking for another fifteen minutes.
- With cover on let fish cool down in the water.
- Remove wrapping paper and immediately wrap the fish roll with the carrot in aluminum foil and refrigerate until cool (at least six hours or overnight).
- When ready to serve cut into slices and cut a thin round carrot slice and place in center of fish slice.
- Serve with horseradish sauce or tartar sauce (looks particularly impressive when served in scooped out cucumber cups with strips of peel on and strips off like in a zebra pattern).
- Enjoy!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 152.8, Fat 4.1, SaturatedFat 0.7, Cholesterol 21, Sodium 400.1, Carbohydrate 19.4, Fiber 0.6, Sugar 11.3, Protein 6
SALMON GEFILTE FISH
Provided by Florence Fabricant
Categories dinner, main course
Time 1h
Yield 8 servings
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Bring the water and 2 tablespoons of the oil to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from the heat, and add the cake meal. Whisk until smooth. Return to the heat and cook, stirring, for about a minute. Remove from heat, and beat in the eggs one at a time. Add 1/2 teaspoon salt, and set aside.
- Heat the remaining oil in a skillet. Add the onion, carrot and leeks, and saute over low heat until tender but not brown.
- Place the vegetables and fresh and smoked salmon in a food processor, and process until finely ground. Add the egg mixture, and process until smooth. Stir in the lemon juice and horseradish. Season with salt.
- Bring the fish stock, water or water and wine to a simmer in a large saucepan -- the liquid should be about 2 1/2 inches deep. Form the fish mixture into ovals using two tablespoons dipped in cold water. Slip the ovals into the simmering liquid, and poach for 20 minutes. Drain, and refrigerate until cold.
- Serve with the mayonnaise.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 365, UnsaturatedFat 22 grams, Carbohydrate 8 grams, Fat 28 grams, Fiber 1 gram, Protein 20 grams, SaturatedFat 5 grams, Sodium 1007 milligrams, Sugar 2 grams, TransFat 0 grams
SALMON GEFILTE FISH MOLD WITH HORSERADISH AND BEET SAUCE
Turned out onto a platter and featured as one of many foods at a holiday buffet, this dish is always a big success. Even those who swear they would never eat gefilte fish come back for seconds, provided you serve horseradish sauce with it. This is also a great make-ahead recipe, as it requires several hours of refrigeration before serving.
Provided by Joan Nathan
Categories Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur Passover Kosher Kosher for Passover Fish Salmon Cod Egg Dill Appetizer
Yield 15-20 slices
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Have your fish store grind the fillets or pulse them yourself, one at a time, in a food processor or meat grinder. If using a food processor, pulse the fish in short bursts, being careful not to purée the fish-you want some texture. Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease a 12-cup Bundt pan and fill a larger pan (such as a large Pyrex dish) with 2 inches of hot water.
- In a large pan over medium-high heat, sauté the diced onions in the oil for about 5 minutes, until soft and transparent but not brown. Set aside to cool.
- Put the fish, onions, eggs, 2 cups (470 ml) water, matzo meal, carrots, 4 tablespoons dill, salt, pepper, mustard, and sugar in the bowl of a standing mixer equipped with a flat beater. Beat at medium speed for 10 minutes.
- Pour the mixture into the Bundt or tube pan, then put the pan inside the larger water-filled dish (called a bain-marie). Smooth the top with a spatula. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour, or until the center is solid. Remove the Bundt or tube pan from the water dish, then allow the terrine to cool slightly for at least 20 minutes. Slide a long knife around the outer and inner edges of the Bundt or tube pan, then carefully invert the terrine onto a flat serving plate.
- Refrigerate for several hours or overnight. If any water accumulates on the serving dish, carefully drain it away before serving. Slice the terrine as you would a torte and serve as an appetizer, garnished with parsley and dill and served with Horseradish and Beet Sauce. Leftovers keep for up to 5 days.
GEFILTE FISH
If you loathe gefilte fish, that staple of the Seder, it may just be that you've never had it homemade. In this recipe, created to convert gefilte fish skeptics, the traditional patties are updated with more flavorful fish, and then poached in court-bouillon - that is, a light vegetable broth. Be sure to use a wide pot here; the patties rise to the top as they cook, and you want to give them enough space.
Provided by Joan Nathan
Categories finger foods, appetizer, side dish
Time 40m
Yield About 20 patties
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Fill a large, wide pot with 10 cups of water and place over high heat. While bringing to a boil, coarsely chop and add to the pot 1 onion, 1 celery stalk, 1 carrot and the fennel bulb. Add the peppercorns and 1 teaspoon salt. Once water is boiling, reduce the heat and simmer, uncovered, while preparing the fish.
- Coarsely chop the remaining onion, celery stalk and 1 carrot, then pulse in a food processor until finely chopped. Add fish, chives and 2 tablespoons parsley, tarragon and/or dill, and keep pulsing until fish is chopped but not mushy.
- Move the fish mixture to a medium bowl and add eggs, oil, matzo meal, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (or more to taste) and the ground black pepper, and mix well with your hands.
- Put your hands in a bowl of cold water. Using your hands, mold the fish mixture into a 3- by 2-inch oval patty (about 2 ounces) and gently place on a platter. Repeat with the remaining fish mixture, dipping your hands in water as needed.
- Pop the third carrot into the simmering broth and gently add the patties to the pot. Cover and cook for about 20 minutes until patties are firm.
- Use a slotted spoon to remove the fish and carrot from the poaching liquid to cool on a plate. Slice the carrot diagonally into thin rounds.
- Place each patty on a leaf of radicchio or endive or both. Set the sliced carrot rounds on top of each patty. Garnish with the remaining tablespoon of fresh herbs and serve warm or at room temperature with horseradish, preferably homemade. If making a day ahead, refrigerate, covered, then return the patties to room temperature before serving.
Tips:
- Always rinse the fish fillets thoroughly before cooking to remove any impurities. This will help ensure a clean, fresh flavor.
- If you're using frozen fish fillets, thaw them completely before cooking. This will help them cook evenly.
- Season the fish fillets generously with salt and pepper. This will help enhance their flavor.
- Don't overcrowd the pan when cooking the fish fillets. This will prevent them from cooking evenly.
- Cook the fish fillets over medium heat. This will help prevent them from overcooking and becoming dry.
- Serve the fish fillets immediately with your favorite sides. This will ensure that they are enjoyed at their best.
Conclusion:
Gefilte fish is a delicious and traditional Jewish dish that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. It is a versatile dish that can be served hot or cold, and it can be paired with a variety of sides. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced cook, this recipe for salmon and cod gefilte fish is sure to please.
This recipe is also a great way to use up leftover fish. If you have any cooked salmon or cod, you can simply flake it and add it to the gefilte fish mixture. This will add extra flavor and texture to the dish.
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