Mememalka’ s Giflte Fish
- Literally the only way to ever make and eat giflte fish. I dream of this fish, mashed and spread on Matzah with mayo, and @goldentastesalads beet horseradish.
Add the roe, sliced carrots and the onions, a little bit of heaven on Passover.
This is truly a Family Jewish Tradition!
- Yield: 20 pieces 1x
Ingredients
What you need to buy at the Fish Store:
1 lb white fish, ground
1 lb pike fish, ground
1 onion ground (ask the fish store to do this for you)
2-4 slices white fish
2-3 slices carp
Head of carp and or carp Roe
For the Pot:
2 large onions, quartered
4 large carrots, peeled and cut into large chunks
1/2 cup sugar
2 tbsp. Salt
2 tsp. Black pepper
Water to come 3/4 way over fish and vegetables in pot
For the Giflte Balls
1 egg (optional)
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbsp. Matzah meal (optional)
2 tsp. Salt
1 tsp. Pepper Lemon
Instructions
In your large pot, add your carrots, quartered onion, all the fish slices and the roe. Just cover it with water and bring the water to a simmer.
While the water is simmering, add both your ground fish and ground onion to a bowl. Mix in the egg, matzah meal, sugar, salt and pepper.
Your mixture should be firm enough to be able to shape oval fish balls.
Shape the Giflte and turn your flame to high to bring water to a boil. After about 5 minutes you will see them immediately turn white, lower flame to simmer , flip the balls over and let fish cook for over an hour until your carrots are fork tender.
Then let cool down for 20 minutes before transferring from pan to air tight container.
Place in fridge overnight and serve the next day.
Stays in sealed container in fridge up to 10 days.