Gefilte Fish
- 2 pounds red snapper - head, skin, and bones removed and reserved
- 1 pound speckled trout - head, skin, and bones removed and reserved
- 2 quarts water
- 1 onion
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 pinch white sugar, or more to taste
- 1 onion, chopped fine
- 3 eggs, beaten, or more as needed
- 1/3 cup water, or as needed
- 1 tablespoon matzo meal, or as needed
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground white pepper
- 1 carrot, sliced into rounds
- Grind snapper meat and trout meat in a meat grinder set to the smallest grind.
- Process fish meat through the grinder again.
- Place reserved fish heads, skin, and bones in a large pot.
- Add water, onion, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon white pepper, and 1 pinch white sugar; bring mixture to a boil and cook until flavors combine, at least 30 minutes.
- Strain and discard fish heads, skin, bones, and onion.
- Return broth to the pot.
- Beat ground fish, eggs, onion, water, matzo meal, 2 teaspoons salt, 1 teaspoon sugar, and 1/2 teaspoon white pepper in a large bowl with an electric mixture until mixture is soft and holds together.
- Using wet hands, form fish mixture into oblong 1-inch balls.
- Gently drop fish balls into broth, adding more water as necessary to completely cover all of the fish.
- Cover the pot and bring to a boil; reduce heat, uncover the pot, and simmer until stock has reduced by half, about 2 1/2 hours.
- Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer.
- Bring water to a boil.
- Add carrot rounds, cover, and steam until tender but firm to the bite, 6 to 10 minutes.
- Carefully remove fish to a serving dish.
- Place 1 carrot slice on top of each fish ball.
- Pour broth over the fish balls and set aside to cool to room temperature.
- Cover dish with plastic wrap and refrigerate until broth gels, at least 2 hours.
red snapper, trout, water, onion, salt, ground white pepper, white sugar, onion, eggs, water, matzo meal, salt, white sugar, ground white pepper, carrot
Taken from allrecipes.com/recipe/gefilte-fish-2/ (may not work)