Fish Mousse

⏳ Time

1 hour 30 minutes

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

Fish mousse is a fish fillet that has been carefully deboned and minced with various spices. According to one version, it began being prepared in monasteries, which is reflected in the name 'mousse'—derived from the ritual of communion with the 'body of Christ.' Fish mousse was popular among all social classes, and there were many variations of the recipe: it was used to fill pies and sausages, fish dumplings were used to make soups, and casseroles were baked in the oven under sour cream. Fish mousse even appears in the works of classic American authors: 'He ate the mousse, put on his undergarments, and set off into the night.' Today, the term has almost fallen out of use, with modern equivalents like patties, croquettes, and cutlets being more familiar to us.

Ingredients

Pike Perch Fillet - 21.2 oz
Skate Fillet - 14.1 oz
Onion - 8.8 oz
Chicken Egg - 5 pieces
Cream - 3 fl oz
Butter - 3.5 oz
Parsley - 1.4 oz
Ground clove - to taste
Salt - to taste
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Vegetable Oil - 1 fl oz

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Finely chop the onion, heat vegetable oil in a skillet, and sauté the onion until soft and golden.

Step 2

Cut the fish into large pieces and pass it through a meat grinder with a fine disc twice. Then, add three-quarters of the sautéed onions, three egg yolks separated from the whites, season with salt and pepper, add cloves and cream, and mix well. Pass the mixture through the meat grinder two more times and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Step 3

Combine the remaining onion with chopped hard-boiled eggs and parsley, then season with salt and pepper.

Step 4

Grate the chilled ground meat with frozen butter and whipped egg whites, then mix well and beat.

Step 5

Place the minced meat on a piece of plastic wrap, shaping it into a thick patty. Add the filling and a bit of butter on top of the patty. Roll the minced meat into a log and tightly wrap it in several layers of plastic wrap, tying the ends with kitchen twine.