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

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Example Sentences

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gefilte fish

Interestingly, early editions of “The Settlement Cook Book” didn’t identify recipes such as gefilte fish, a Passover delicacy, as Jewish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

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

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

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

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