My Bubbie'S Gefilte Fish (Parev)
- 1 pound whitefish filtes
- 1 pound Pike filets
- 1 pound carp filets
- 3 med. onions
- 3 tablespoons salt
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 tablespoons potato starch
- 1 carrot
- 5 to 6 cups water
- skin, bones, heads from fish
- Make fish stock with the heads, bones, and skin from the fish. Add two of the onions, sliced 1 1/2 t of salt, 1/4 t of pepper, and 5 C to 6 C. of water in large pot to cover. Bring to boil, turn down to simmer, skim, and cook. While stock is simmering (~30 to 45min). Strain.
- Grind fish with remaining onion. This is best done in a meat grinder or best chopped by hand. However, if absolutely necessary you can use a food processor, but it must be done carefully in short pulses to avoid a too smooth paste-like texture.
- Mix in the rest of the ingredients. Mix well by hand.
- Wet hands and form into oval shaped patties. You should have 12 to 15.
- Drop carefully into simmering stock, (add water as needed to cover fish) with sliced carrot and cook ~1hr. Let cool slightly and remove fish and carrot from pot.
- Strain stock over fish and chill.
- Serve fish with a piece of carrot, aspic, and horseradish.
- (The stock should jell. I personally hate the aspic, but my grandparents and mother loved it. Many consider it the best part. I guess it depends on how you feel about fish flavored jello)
whitefish filtes, filets, carp filets, onions, salt, eggs, potato starch, carrot, water, skin
Taken from food52.com/recipes/51367-my-bubbie-s-gefilte-fish-parev (may not work)