Mock Gefilte Fish - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Stock
8 cups chicken stock
1 large onion, sliced
3 carrots, peeled and sliced thinly
6 celery ribs, sliced
6 peppercorns
1 tablespoon salt
3 tablespoons sugar
Meatballs
1 onion
3 carrots
2 lbs ground chicken
3 eggs
2/3 cup matzo meal or 2/3 cup breadcrumbs
1/3 cup stock, cooled
pepper
2 1/2 teaspoons salt
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
parsley, chopped

Preparation

Bring water and stock ingredients to a boil and simmer for half an hour.
Meanwhile, grate onion and carrots, and mix with the chicken, eggs, and reserved stock. Add the matzo meal or bread crumbs and season with salt, pepper, and sugar. Form into medium-sized balls.
Bring stock to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer and add meat balls and parsley. Cover partially. Simmer for 2 hours.
Place meat balls in a casserole dish. Reduce the stock to about half, strain, and pour over the meat balls. Top with cooked carrot slices.
Cool thoroughly in the refrigerator.
Serve with horseradish sauce.