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.

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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

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Etymology

Origin of gefilte fish

1890–95; < Yiddish: literally, stuffed fish

Example Sentences

But I’ll be like, I just want gefilte fish, you know?

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023

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

From New York Times • Jun. 13, 2022

Jewish families observing Passover have struggled to pay for eggs, gefilte fish and the unleavened bread known as matzo, which represents their ancestors’ exodus from slavery in Egypt.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2022

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

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2021

Transitioning seamlessly into Yiddish, she added savagely, “Do you have gefilte fish for brains?”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros