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Authors: Jayne Cohen
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cups mayonnaise
Soft lettuce, endive, or radicchio leaves, for lining the plates
PREPARE the fish: bring 1 cup lightly salted water to boil in a small saucepan. Add the carrots and simmer until very tender, about 8 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 â 2 cup cooking water in a small bowl. Stir the matzoh meal into the reserved cooking water; let stand 10 minutes to soften and absorb liquid. Put the carrots in a food processor.
WARM the oil in a heavy medium skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onion, salt and pepper lightly, and sauté until soft and shiny, about 8 minutes. Add the scallions and stir 1 minute. Transfer the onion mixture to the food processor. Add the matzoh meal mixture and puree until everything is smooth.
USING an electric mixer, beat 3 of the eggs and the lemon juice in a large bowl until foamy and slightly thickened, about 4 minutes. Stir in the mixture from the food processor, but donât clean the processor yet.
PUT the fish fillets, smoked fish, about 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste), and about 1 â 4 teaspoon pepper in the food processor. Using on-off turns, chop until fine. Add the remaining egg and pulse to a coarse paste. Transfer the fish mixture to the bowl and combine thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate until very cold, at least 2 hours.
LINE a large baking sheet with waxed paper. Wetting your hands with cold water, if necessary, form the mixture into ovals, using about 1 â 4 cup for each. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Cover with waxed paper and chill while preparing the cabbage and steamer.
IN a large, wide pot with a tight-fitting lid, place a rack that stands about 2 inches high (if you donât have a vegetable steamer, a round cake rack works well; if the rack is not high enough, set it over two custard cups or empty tuna cans). Fill the pot with enough water to meet, but not cover, the bottom of the rack. Line the rack with a layer of cabbage leaves. Arrange 8 fish ovals in a single layer on the cabbage leaves; cover the fish with another layer of leaves. Bring the water in the pot to a boil. Cover the pot and steam the fish over medium heat until cooked through at center and firm to the touch, about 25 minutes. Transfer top layer of cabbage leaves to a platter. Top with the cooked fish ovals. Cover them with the bottom cabbage leaves. Steam the remaining fish ovals in additional cabbage leaves in 2 more batches, adding more water to the pot if needed. Let the cooked gefilte fish cool to room temperature. Keeping the fish covered with the cooked cabbage leaves so it will remain moist, wrap the whole platter with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until cold, at least 6 hours. (Can be prepared about 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
PREPARE the sauce: put the garlic through a press, or mince it fine, and place in a small bowl. Stir in the horseradish and lemon juice. Whisk in the mayonnaise. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and set aside, refrigerated, at least 30 minutes before serving. (Can be prepared one day ahead; keep refrigerated.)
TO serve: for best flavor, serve the fish chilled, but not icy cold. Remove the fish from the cabbage leaves and arrange attractively on platters or individual plates lined with lettuce, endive, or radicchio. Accompany with lemon-horseradish sauce.
Salmon Gefilte Fish Poached in Fennel-Wine Broth with Ginger-Beet Horseradish
yield: About 8 servings
Preparing gefilte fish from scratch no longer seems so daunting, with food processors and the wide availability of a variety of gleaming fresh fish fillets besides the noble triad of carp, pike, and whitefish.
Except for the broth. That still requires real commitment.
Youâll need bones, of course, so you will have to befriend a fishmonger who will remember to save the trimmings. If you donât have a high-tech air filtration system, you can resign yourself to a kitchen (and perhaps living and bedrooms too) smelling for several days like old Marseilles without the charms
Soft lettuce, endive, or radicchio leaves, for lining the plates
PREPARE the fish: bring 1 cup lightly salted water to boil in a small saucepan. Add the carrots and simmer until very tender, about 8 minutes. Drain, reserving 1 â 2 cup cooking water in a small bowl. Stir the matzoh meal into the reserved cooking water; let stand 10 minutes to soften and absorb liquid. Put the carrots in a food processor.
WARM the oil in a heavy medium skillet over medium-low heat. Add the onion, salt and pepper lightly, and sauté until soft and shiny, about 8 minutes. Add the scallions and stir 1 minute. Transfer the onion mixture to the food processor. Add the matzoh meal mixture and puree until everything is smooth.
USING an electric mixer, beat 3 of the eggs and the lemon juice in a large bowl until foamy and slightly thickened, about 4 minutes. Stir in the mixture from the food processor, but donât clean the processor yet.
PUT the fish fillets, smoked fish, about 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste), and about 1 â 4 teaspoon pepper in the food processor. Using on-off turns, chop until fine. Add the remaining egg and pulse to a coarse paste. Transfer the fish mixture to the bowl and combine thoroughly. Cover and refrigerate until very cold, at least 2 hours.
LINE a large baking sheet with waxed paper. Wetting your hands with cold water, if necessary, form the mixture into ovals, using about 1 â 4 cup for each. Place on the prepared baking sheet. Cover with waxed paper and chill while preparing the cabbage and steamer.
IN a large, wide pot with a tight-fitting lid, place a rack that stands about 2 inches high (if you donât have a vegetable steamer, a round cake rack works well; if the rack is not high enough, set it over two custard cups or empty tuna cans). Fill the pot with enough water to meet, but not cover, the bottom of the rack. Line the rack with a layer of cabbage leaves. Arrange 8 fish ovals in a single layer on the cabbage leaves; cover the fish with another layer of leaves. Bring the water in the pot to a boil. Cover the pot and steam the fish over medium heat until cooked through at center and firm to the touch, about 25 minutes. Transfer top layer of cabbage leaves to a platter. Top with the cooked fish ovals. Cover them with the bottom cabbage leaves. Steam the remaining fish ovals in additional cabbage leaves in 2 more batches, adding more water to the pot if needed. Let the cooked gefilte fish cool to room temperature. Keeping the fish covered with the cooked cabbage leaves so it will remain moist, wrap the whole platter with plastic wrap, and refrigerate until cold, at least 6 hours. (Can be prepared about 2 days ahead. Keep refrigerated.)
PREPARE the sauce: put the garlic through a press, or mince it fine, and place in a small bowl. Stir in the horseradish and lemon juice. Whisk in the mayonnaise. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Cover and set aside, refrigerated, at least 30 minutes before serving. (Can be prepared one day ahead; keep refrigerated.)
TO serve: for best flavor, serve the fish chilled, but not icy cold. Remove the fish from the cabbage leaves and arrange attractively on platters or individual plates lined with lettuce, endive, or radicchio. Accompany with lemon-horseradish sauce.
Salmon Gefilte Fish Poached in Fennel-Wine Broth with Ginger-Beet Horseradish
yield: About 8 servings
Preparing gefilte fish from scratch no longer seems so daunting, with food processors and the wide availability of a variety of gleaming fresh fish fillets besides the noble triad of carp, pike, and whitefish.
Except for the broth. That still requires real commitment.
Youâll need bones, of course, so you will have to befriend a fishmonger who will remember to save the trimmings. If you donât have a high-tech air filtration system, you can resign yourself to a kitchen (and perhaps living and bedrooms too) smelling for several days like old Marseilles without the charms
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