Fish Meatballs Recipe with Potato Salad
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More Ideas with Fish I am pleased to present my Recipe for Fish Meatballs to you here. Perfect burger from fish, also called Bremer in Northern Germany, I serve you here with a homemade potato salad.
Fish fillets processed into meatballs are the classic possibility to use unequal pieces of fish in a wonderful way. The fish ingredients are quite freely selectable. That’s why grandma used to make these fish balls, just like certain fast food chains did.
Why are fish meatballs so popular: Without question the great hearty fine taste makes them so popular. They are also easier to digest and also healthier than their meat counterparts and a great alternative and variety in home cooking.
So, it’s worth trying it once. Danger of repetition is given. Have fun and good luck!
Table of Contents
- 1. Which Types of Fish are Suitable for Fish Meatballs?
- 2. Recipe Fish Meatballs
- 3. Nutritional Values
- 4. Preparation of Fish Meatballs with Meat Mincer or Thermomix?
- 5. Tip: Bread and Onions through the Mincer or not?
- 6. Is the Preparation with Breadcrumbs Necessary for Fish-Meat Balls?
- 7. Do Fish Meat Balls Need to Go in the Oven?
- 8. Side Dishes for Fish Meat Balls
- 9. Frequently Asked Questions
- 10. More Ideas with Fish
1. Which Types of Fish are Suitable for Fish Meatballs?
I still remember my time as a young fisherman, we usually had an overstock of whitefish in the lake in summer and the bream and crucian carp were wonderful to catch.
With this introduction I would like to answer the question right away, both freshwater fish and saltwater fish are suitable.
In Bavaria and Austria, carp, pike-perch, catfish or even whitefish like to come to the fish plant, in the north we find cod, hake and salmon in the fish mince.
Process fish fillets without skin and bones – the mincer reaches its limits with large bones.
2. Recipe Fish Meatballs
Now you are well prepared. Below you will find the exact quantities and preparation steps. I wish you good luck!
Fish Meatballs with Potato Salad
Cooked, photographed and written down by chef Thomas Sixt.
Simple guides for the preparation of Fish meat balls.
Ingredients
| For the Potato Salad with Herbs and Mayonnaise | ||
| 500 | g | Potatoes (salad potatoes, bacony-cooked) |
| 1 | l | Vegetable broth |
| Ingredients Herbs Mayonnaise | ||
| 2 | pc | egg yolk |
| 1 | tsp | Dijon mustard |
| 1 | tbs | lemon juice |
| 4 | pinches | Salt |
| 4 | pinches | Pepper |
| 200-220 | ml | oil (half sunflower oil/olive oil) |
| 1 | bunch | Herbs (wild garlic, parsley, chives, lovage, in season) |
| For the fish cake mixture | ||
| 500 | g | fish fillets |
| 1 | pc | yellow onion (or two shallots) |
| 1 | pc | Garlic clove |
| 80-100 | g | bread (white bread, rolls or other bread) |
| 80-100 | ml | Cream (soaked bread cubes must be pressed out well!) |
| 1 | pc | egg |
| 1 | tbs | mustard medium hot or Dijon mustard |
| 1 | pc | Lemon (fine abrasion + some juice) |
| 3/4 | tsp | Salt |
| 8 | pinches | Pepper |
| 1-2 | tsp | dill (dried) |
| 1 | tsp | thyme (dried) |
| 100 | g | bread crumbs |
| For frying | ||
| 50 | ml | sun flower oil (or ghee) |
Equipment
Instruction
Prepare potato salad
Peel Potatoes
Wash and peel potatoes
Cut Potatoes
Cut peeled, raw potatoes into 4-5 mm thick slices.
Cook covered with vegetable broth until soft.
Ingredients Mayonnaise
Place the mayonnaise ingredients in a bowl:
–> egg yolks,
–> Dijon mustard,
–> salt, pepper,
–> lemon juice.
Prepare Mayonnaise
Mix the mayonnaise ingredients with the hand mixer and slowly add the oil.
Cut Herbs
Wash and cut the herbs.
Depending on the season you can use wild garlic, chives, parsley or lovage for the mayonnaise-herb potato salad.
Finish Mayonnaise
Add the herbs to the mayonnaise and then chill.
Finish Salad
Drain the soft boiled potatoes and allow to cool.
Carefully stir with the mayonnaise and chill.
Prepare fish meatballs
Fish in Mincer
Clean the fish fillets without skin and bones and process through the mincer.
Minced Fish
Chill the minced fish in the bowl briefly.
Prepare Onions
Sauté onions in strips or diced with a little oil with the finely chopped garlic for 5 minutes.
Then bring to the boil with the cream and place next to the stove.
Cut Bread
Cut the bread cubes into small pieces.
Soak Ingredients
Add the bread cubes to the cream and onions and mix.
Leave to soak for 10 minutes.
Ingredients Mincer
Onions and soaked bread cubes almost cold through the mincer to the minced fish.
Prepare Fish Mass
Add the egg to the minced fish mixture.
Season to taste with mustard, lemon zest and some juice, salt, pepper, dill and thyme and mix.
Optionally, depending on the moisture level, stabilise the minced fish mixture with breadcrumbs.
Pre-portion balls
Pre-portion the minced fish mixture with the Ice cream scooper.
I use a baking tray for this.
Shape balls
Shape the fish cakes with moistened hands.
Fish Loaf Prepared
Place the shaped loaves on the baking tray.
Preheat oven at 150°C hot air stage.
Breading
Turn the fish loaves in breadcrumbs.
Fry Fish Balls
Then fry on both sides in a hot pan with sunflower oil.
Put in Oven
Place the Bremer on the cleaned baking tray and place in the oven for 12 minutes.
Serve
Plate Arrange
Before serving, season the potato salad with lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.
Add the fish plantlets and serve. Bon appetit!
Video
How to make the minced fish mass:
You can feel the right consistency of the fish mince when you are shaping the loaves. If the mixture feels watery, please mix it with a tablespoon of breadcrumbs and let it stand for a short time.
I needed 2 tablespoons of breadcrumbs for the above recipe, depending on the type of fish you can use more or less breadcrumbs.
If you are gluten intolerant, use corn starch, gluten-free breadcrumbs or gluten-free flour and oat flakes instead of the usual ingredients.
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Keyword
3. Nutritional Values
4. Preparation of Fish Meatballs with Meat Mincer or Thermomix?
The miracle pot is at best a kitchen cutter, the fish mince will be more even if you process it through the mincer.
Of course, the magic kettle will make the fish fillets small at some point, but heat is generated which causes the fish mass to coagulate.
If you can’t help it, I have a tip for you from the professional kitchen: Cut the fish fillets into small pieces, then put them back into the freezer, and only then chop them in the kitchen cutter.
5. Tip: Bread and Onions through the Mincer or not?
In many recipes you will find soaked bread cubes and sweaty onion cubes as an addition to minced fish. In general you can:
- Bread soaked and onions finely sliced and stewed
add whole to the minced fish or
- Put soaked bread and cooked onions through the mincer.
For a long time now I have tended to use the second method, because it is sure to succeed. For this I let all ingredients go through the mincer and get an excellent malleable, even mass.
6. Is the Preparation with Breadcrumbs Necessary for Fish-Meat Balls?
Use the breadcrumbs to stabilise the minced fish mass. The addition of breadcrumbs binds the mass better and so the meatball remains stable when fried in the pan.
The classic Bremer is always additionally dressed with breadcrumbs. Place the shaped loaves in the breadcrumbs for breading, then fry in the pan for frying.
7. Do Fish Meat Balls Need to Go in the Oven?
In breadcrumbs turned out loafs dry in the oven unfortunately. Without breadcrumbs the loafs don’t get a nice colour and I personally don’t like them.
My advice as a cook is, please fry them in a pan and then keep them warm in the oven at 150°C hot air for 10-15 minutes and cook through.
It tastes better fried in the pan!
You can easily freeze the finished planters or reheat them in the oven!
8. Side Dishes for Fish Meat Balls
Here are some ideas for suitable enclosures…
As a side dish, I’ve come up with an herb and mayonnaise potato salad.
Because the wild garlic is easy to find, I show you the potato salad with homemade mayo and wild garlic.
You can also use other herbs, more information can be found in the preparation below!
9. Frequently Asked Questions
Which fish is suitable for fish meatballs?
You can use fish fillets without skin and bones of freshwater fish and saltwater fish. Popular are cod, salmon, zander, catfish, whitefish.
Successful fish meatballs in the oven?
It is advisable to first fry the fish loaves coated with breadcrumbs in a pan with oil.
Can I prepare fish meatballs in Thermomix?
The Thermomix is a kitchen cutter, for an even result cooking professionals process the fish fillets first in the mincer.
Which side dishes go well with fish meatballs?
Potato salad comes in many different varieties, as do tomato salad, cucumber salad, beetroot salad and colourful leaf salads.
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