{"id":6732,"slug":"russian-fish-cakes","title":"RUSSIAN FISH CAKES","description":"From The International Jewish Cook Book by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum.","ingredients_raw":["Three pounds of fish (weakfish or carp, pickerel or haddock or whitefish, any fat fish with a fish poor in it)","A good-sized onion, minced or grated","Three-quarters cup of water","One-half cup of soft bread crumbs","Salt and pepper to taste","One-fourth cup of sugar","Two egg whites","Two tablespoons of melted butter","Bones and skins from the fish","One onion, sliced","One tablespoon of butter","Two egg yolks","One teaspoon of sugar"],"ingredients_norm":["fish","sized onion","quarters cup of water","soft bread crumb","salt and pepper","fourth cup of sugar","egg white","butter","bones and skins from the fish","onion","egg yolk","sugar"],"steps":["Remove skin and bones from the fish and chop flesh very fine.","Add a good-sized onion, minced or grated; make a depression in the centre of the chopped fish and add three-quarters cup of water, one-half cup of soft bread crumbs, salt and pepper to taste, one-fourth cup of sugar, two egg whites and two tablespoons of melted butter.","Chop until very smooth and form into cakes containing a generous tablespoonful each.","Put the bones and skins into a saucepan with an onion sliced and a tablespoon of butter and add the fish cakes.","Cover with water and simmer for one and a quarter hours.","Then remove the cakes and strain off the gravy into the two egg yolks which have been slightly beaten together with one teaspoon of sugar; stir over the heat until thickened, but do not boil it.","Pour over fish cakes and serve either hot or cold.","The butter and sugar may be omitted if so desired."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12350","source_ref":"pg:12350:w12:0","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"8a1ea54e2d16a5c445493d42d7a7f1ad0191e45bd2f7d3c58dff1fc6a0036e1d","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:54:26Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe, reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/russian-fish-cakes"}