Fish Forcemeat

Ingredients

• fish
• 2 anchovies
• 1 egg yolk
• butter
• parsley or other herb
• lemon peel
• lemon juice
• bread
• fish liver or roe

Instructions

1. Chop the fish finely.
2. Pound the chopped fish in a mortar together with the anchovies (or anchovy essence), hard boiled egg yolk, butter, parsley or other preferred herb, grated lemon peel, and a little of the juice.
3. Add the soaked bread and mix the whole into a paste.
4. Form into balls, or use as a stuffing as desired.
5. The liver or roe of fish may be added to the mixture for richness and delicacy.