Salmon Gefilte Fish
- 1/3 cup water
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/3 cup Passover matzo cake meal
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 medium onion, cut into large pieces
- 1 carrot, peeled, cut into large pieces
- 2 medium leeks, carefully rinsed of any sand, white part only, cut into large pieces
- 1 1/4 pounds wild salmon, diced
- 1/4 pound smoked salmon, diced
- 1 1/2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons prepared white horseradish
- 8 cups fish stock (see recipe for Fish Stock), water, or 7 cups water and 1 cup white wine
- 1.tring the water and 2 tablespoons of the oil to a boil in a small saucepan. Remove from the heat, and add the matzo cake meal. Whisk until smooth.
- 2.teturn to a medium heat and cook, stirring, for about a minute. Remove from heat, and beat in the eggs one at a time.
- 3.tdd 1/2 teaspoon salt, and set aside.
- 4.teat the remaining 1 tablesppoon oil in a skillet. Add the onion, carrot and leeks, and saute over low heat until tender but not brown.
- 5.tlace the onion, carrot and leeks in a food processor and pulse until all are cut into very small pieces.
- 6.tdd the fresh and smoked salmon and pulse until finely ground but be careful to not overprocess or else you'll liquify everything. Add the matzo cake meal/egg mixture to the fish, and process until smooth. It will be paste-like.
- 7.transfer to a mixing bowl and stir in the lemon juice and horseradish. Taste a little of the mixture and add salt if needed (the smoked salmon can be salty so taste before adding more salt).
- 8.tring 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. Using two tablespoons dipped in water, form the fish mixture into ovals and slip them into the simmering liquid.
- 9.Poach for 20 minutes. Drain on a rack or a sheet pan lined with paper towels.
- 10.Refrigerate until cold.
water, olive oil, passover matzo cake meal, eggs, kosher salt, onion, carrot, leeks, wild salmon, salmon, freshly squeezed lemon juice, fish stock
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/salmon-gefilte-fish-50132570 (may not work)