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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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

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

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023

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

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 25, 2022

She cooked matzoh balls, kneydlach, gefilte fish, kugel, chopped liver, and more kosher dishes than I can remember.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride