gefilte fish

American  

[guh-fil-tuh] / gəˈfɪl tə /

Or gefillte fish,

noun

Jewish Cooking.

1. a forcemeat of boned fish, especially such freshwater fish as carp, pike, or whitefish, blended with eggs, matzo meal, and seasoning, shaped into balls or sticks and simmered in a vegetable broth, and often served chilled.

---

gefilte fish British  

/ ɡəˈfɪltə /

noun

1. Jewish cookery a dish consisting of fish and matzo meal rolled into balls and poached, formerly served stuffed into the skin of a fish

---

Etymology

Origin of gefilte fish

1890–95; < Yiddish: literally, stuffed fish

Example Sentences

Would your bubbe like a side of merch with that gefilte fish?

From New York Times • Apr. 19, 2024

The “message from our sponsors” advertising “delectably light, always right, gefilte fish in jars”?

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2022

He celebrated Passover with matzah bread he took up and gefilte fish offered by the station’s Russians.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2022

Unlike pickles or pickled eggs, however, gefilte fish can easily serve as a meal unto itself.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2021

But apparently Boaz had gefilte fish for a brain, because in spite of everything, he looked at her with the same expression he had that day in the box office.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny