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Fish Farce

4 servings

Ingredients

• 250 g fish (pike or zander)
• 1 cup water
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 pcs eggs
• 100 g butter
• salt (a little)
• pepper (a little)
• nutmeg (a little)

Instructions

1. Remove the flesh of pike or zander from the skin and bones and chop finely.
2. For 250 g of fish, calculate 1 cup of water, and in it, as soon as it boils, cook 2 tablespoons of flour until clear, stirring constantly.
3. After cooling, mix the paste well with the fish, add 2 eggs, 100 g melted butter, salt, pepper, and nutmeg.
4. Mix everything well and press the filling through a sieve.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.