Mains

Fish balls

Ingredients

  • 2 kg white fish fillets, skinless and boneless (For example haddock or cod.)4½ lb white fish fillets, skinless and boneless (For example haddock or cod.)
  • 3 onions, large
  • 6 eggs
  • ½ cup milk (or cream)
  • 400 g plain flour14 oz plain flour
  • 50 g potato starch (or cornflour)2 oz potato starch (or cornflour)
  • 3 tsp baking powder
  • 4 tsp pepper
  • 7 tsp salt

Method

  1. Mince the fish and onions together, ideally twice, in a mincer or food processor.
  2. Beat the salt into the mixture first, then the eggs, milk, flour, potato starch, baking powder and pepper. Mix well.
  3. Shape balls with a wet tablespoon and fry in butter and oil over a medium heat for about 4–5 minutes on each side, until golden and cooked through.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Fiskibollur
2 kg. fiskur 3 stórir laukar (or 7) egg - 1/2 b. mjólk (Rjómi) …. Hveiti → 4…00 gr 2 msk 50gr.. Kartöflumjöl 3 tsk. lyftiduft 54 tsk. pipar 7 8 tsk. salt