Evelyn Trapido's Gefilte Fish Goes Hawaiian
- 3 medium onions, peeled
- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch rounds
- 2 1/2 pounds red snapper, black sea bass, scaled (reserve the head, bones and skin for the broth)
- 12 ounces mahi-mahi fillet
- 1 tablespoon salt, plus 1/2 teaspoon
- 2 1/4 teaspoons pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vegetable oil
- 1 egg
- 1 1/2 teaspoons matzo meal
- 1 teaspoon sugar (optional)
- Beet horseradish
- Bring a pot with 3 quarts water to a boil.
- Slice two onions and add with the carrots and fish head, bones and skin.
- Add 1 tablespoon salt, 2 teaspoons pepper and cinnamon.
- Cook for 5 minutes.
- Chop third onion and saute in a skillet in oil until almost golden.
- Cut fillets into 2-inch cubes.
- Place in a food processor.
- Add sauteed onion, remaining salt and pepper, egg, matzo, sugar and 1/4 cup cold water.
- Puree until smooth.
- Dip hands into a bowl of cold water and form fish mixture into 11/2-inch balls.
- Drop the balls into the simmering stock.
- Bring to a boil again; cover and simmer 1 hour.
- Using a slotted spoon, lift the fish, onion and carrots into a bowl.
- Strain the broth into bowl with fish balls.
- Serve hot, or cold when broth has gelled.
- Arrange with onions, carrots and the broth.
- Serve with beet horseradish.
onions, carrots, red snapper, mahimahi, salt, pepper, cinnamon, vegetable oil, egg, matzo meal, sugar, horseradish
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/12054 (may not work)