Gefilte Fish - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 lb. fish*
1 large or 2 small yellow onions, peeled
3 eggs
1/4 to 3/4 c. matzo meal
1 c. cold water
1 tsp. sugar
salt and pepper to taste
Fish Stock for Gefilte Fish (recipe follows)

Preparation

Put the fish and onion through a meat grinder.
Place the mixture in a bowl.
Add the other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Do not use all the matzo meal at once because you may not need much in order to make a firm and workable fish paste.
Season generously with salt and pepper.
Form into balls and cook in the fish stock.
Let it come to a boil, then cook slowly for 1 hour with a lid on the kettle.
Serve the fish cold in some of the broth.
Traditionally horseradish is served on the side.
Makes 20.