Gefilta fish using canned salmon

judyjew ↓

Thu, Mar 24 2022, 1:44 pm

Anyone have a recipe please?

↑ judyjew ↓

Thu, Mar 24 2022, 5:02 pm

Bumping for the evening crowd:)

ra_mom ↓

Thu, Mar 24 2022, 5:04 pm

How about making baked salmon balls or salmon fish cakes?

PinkFridge

Thu, Mar 24 2022, 6:47 pm

ra_mom wrote:

How about making baked salmon balls or salmon fish cakes?

Or dress it up as a wellington - essentially salmon loaf but in puff pastry.

↑ judyjew ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 6:22 am

Thanks but I'm specifically looking to make gefilta fish. Think I can use a standard recipe and substitute for canned?

↑ ra_mom ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 6:25 am

I don't know if it's possible to make gefilte fish from already cooked fish.

iyar

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 7:35 am

I wouldn't try making gefilte fish with canned salmon. You can look up recipes for fish quenelles but they're always made with raw fish.

↑ judyjew ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 11:47 am

I'm trying to understand what the problem would be to use canned. Would it be too dry? How about if I add extra oil?

↑ ra_mom ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 11:49 am

judyjew wrote:

I'm trying to understand what the problem would be to use canned. Would it be too dry? How about if I add extra oil?

It won't hold together. It's like browning meat crumbles first, and then trying to bind the taco-like-crumbled meat together into meatballs, to then cook in boiling water.

↑ judyjew ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 12:15 pm

Hmm maybe I'll try an extra egg to help it bind...

alef12 ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 12:18 pm

judyjew wrote:

Hmm maybe I'll try an extra egg...

It's not going to work. Once fish or meat has been cooked (say in canned salmon) it's gone through a chemical change and the proteins won't bind together in the same way raw proteins do. No matter how many eggs or how much flour/matza meal you add it won't be gefilte fish. It will be like a salmon patty log

↑ judyjew ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 12:20 pm

So what's the difference between a patty and a log? It won't slice nicely?

↑ alef12

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 12:22 pm

judyjew wrote:

So what's the difference between a patty and a log? It won't slice nicely?

It won't look, taste, smell or feel like gefilte fish and it will probably crumble when sliced

↑ ra_mom

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 12:23 pm

Add the egg and binder. Make individual patties and brown them in a pan. Otherwise you can try to cook the log, and you'll end up with cloudy water and pieces of fish floating all over.

↑ judyjew ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 12:28 pm

My plan was to bake it like a loaf. You think I'd need to fry them individually?

Rubber Ducky ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 12:31 pm

I don't think you can boil it but you could bake it as a loaf.

Judy Jew, just saw your recent post — yes, bake it.

↑ judyjew ↓

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 12:33 pm

So then what am I missing? That's how I would make regular gefilte fish, by baking it.

↑ Rubber Ducky

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 12:43 pm

Traditional gefilte fish is boiled, not baked.

↑ judyjew

Fri, Mar 25 2022, 2:19 pm

Aha my bad! So I guess what I'm describing should work then!

LovesHashem

Sat, Mar 26 2022, 1:54 pm

I had gefile fish by someond made with salmon. Not sure how it was made but it was good!