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Grandma Ruth's Gefilte Fish

Holiday · Contributed by Grandma Ruth

"Ruth's card just says "more pepper than this" in the margin. Nobody has ever asked more pepper than what."

Ingredients

• 2 lb ground whitefish and pike, mixed
• 2 eggs
• 1 small onion, grated
• 2 tbsp matzo meal
• 1 carrot, grated, plus extra sliced for the broth
• 1 tsp sugar
• Salt and white pepper, generously
• Fish bones and heads, for the broth

Instructions

1. Simmer the bones and heads in water with sliced carrot, salt, and a bay leaf for 30 minutes to make the broth.
2. Mix the ground fish with eggs, grated onion, matzo meal, sugar, salt, and pepper until smooth.
3. Wet your hands and shape the mixture into ovals.
4. Lower the ovals into the simmering broth and poach, covered, for about an hour.
5. Cool the patties in the broth, then chill before serving with the carrot slices on top.