Classic Forshmak (Jewish)
Description
A tasty appetizer for any gathering. Forshmak is a national Jewish dish popular in many countries. It is based on salted herring, and the other ingredients complement and enhance its flavor. So if you're curious, serve it with herbs and sauce.
Instructions
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Step 1
Clean the herring, remove the skin, and pick out all the bones very carefully. If the herring is too salty, you can soak it in milk or water first. Cut the fish fillets into pieces.
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Step 2
Remove the crusts from slices of white loaf bread. Place it in a bowl and pour milk over it. Wait until the bread absorbs the milk. Instead of fresh bread, you can use croutons, or you can use stale loaf bread.
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Step 3
Also peel and wash the onion. Remove the core and seeds from the apple. Hard-boil the eggs and peel them. Cut all the ingredients into large pieces. Then run the herring, bread, onion, eggs, and apple through a meat grinder.
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Step 4
Season the resulting mixture with pepper and salt. You may add any spices to your taste. Mix the resulting forshmak thoroughly until completely smooth and transfer to a serving plate. Garnish the forshmak with herbs.