Steiktar fiskibollur

Fried fish balls

Fish balls are one of the typical everyday foods in Iceland. They are also regularly available in school canteens and similar establishments, and you can also buy them ready-made in the supermarket. Add potatoes and sauce - you have a typical Icelandic meal!

Ingredients

750 g cod
1 stalk of leek
100 ml milk
80 g flour
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper

Margarine for frying


Preparation

Preheat the oven to 250 °F (120 °C) upper/lower heat.

Wash and clean the fish fillet and chop it roughly.

Also wash and clean the leek and cut it into coarse pieces.

Place the fish and leeks in a blender and chop thoroughly.

Then mix the mixture with the milk, flour, salt and pepper in a large bowl...

...process into a smooth dough and form dumplings out of it.

Attention - for frozen cod, 100 ml of milk is enough; for fresh cod carefully add a little more milk until a nice, moist, smooth consistency is achieved, but can still be easily formed into dumplings!

Heat the margarine in a large pan and fry the fish balls on both sides until they are golden brown.

Then bake the fish balls in a fireproof dish in the oven for about 15 minutes until they are thoroughly cooked through.

Serve the fish balls in the classic way with sauce and potatoes - we served them with white onion sauce and sprinkled the whole thing with a little thyme, really delicious!

During our stay in Iceland during the fall holidays, I (once again) took the opportunity to photograph typical Icelandic food in front of a typical Icelandic landscape.

So here it is:

Fiskibollur on Kvernufoss

[Translated from here.]