Mains

Hugrún's fish balls

From
Hugrún, Mum, who kept this book

Ingredients

  • 1 kg minced white fish (e.g. cod or haddock)2¼ lb minced white fish (e.g. cod or haddock)
  • 1–2 onions, finely chopped or minced
  • 4 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 heaped tbsp plain flour
  • 2 heaped tsp baking powder
  • ginger (optional) ('try ginger' – the author meant to try adding it)
  • 1 lemon, juice and grated zest
  • 3 tbsp fish sauce
  • 2 tsp sambal oelek (chilli paste) (2 or more, to taste)

Method

  1. Mix all the ingredients together well in a bowl (or stand mixer) until the mixture is even and holds together.
  2. Chill the mixture for about 30 minutes so it is easier to shape.
  3. Shape balls with a tablespoon and fry in oil over a medium heat, 3–4 minutes a side, until golden and cooked through.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Fiskibollur
Hugrún
1 kg. fiskhakk - 1-2 laukar 4 hvítlauksrif - 4 egg 4 kúf. matsk. hveiti - 2tsk. kúf. lyftid. (Prófa engifer) - 1 sítróna, safi + börk 3 msk. fiskisósa 2+ tsk. Sambal oelek