Mains

Spiced fish balls

Ingredients

  • 2 onions, large
  • 1 kg cod, skinless and boneless2¼ lb cod, skinless and boneless
  • 2 tsp sumac (a tangy, lemony red spice) (she bought it at the Turkish bazaar, Síðumúli 17, Reykjavík)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 2 red chillies, finely chopped
  • 4 tbsp parsley, fresh, chopped
  • plenty of oil for frying

Method

  1. Put the onions and fish through a mincer.
  2. Mix everything together and stir well.
  3. Chill the mixture for 2 hours.
  4. Shape into small balls.
  5. Fry the balls in plenty of oil over a medium heat until golden and cooked through.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
Kryddaðar fiskibollur.
2 stórir lauka - 1kg. þorskur 2 tsk. Sumac (Tyrkn. bazar, Síðumúla 17) 1 tsk. salt - 2 rauð chilli saxað vel 4msk. steinselja fersk-
lauk. + fisk í matvél Hakkavél öllu bl. saman, hrært vel. kæla í 2klst. litlar bollur mótaðar. Nota vel af olíu steikt v/meðalhita