Recipe#10998

Title: Fish Balls 04

From: Addicts addicts@winternet.com 
 Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes 
 Subject: Codfish Balls 
 Date: 6 Jan 1999 05:43:58 -0700 
 Message-ID: <199901020813.CAA17609@icicle.winternet.com> 

1 pound salted codfish
 1 pound potatoes
 1 large onion
 1 small garlic clove, optional
 3 eggs
 1 tablespoon chopped parsley, or more
 freshly ground pepper
 olive oil
 Soak codfish in water overnight, changing water twice to remove
 salt. Boil cod fish in water for 2 minutes. Let cool and shred as
 thinly as possible, bones and skin removed. Reserve water from last
 boil.
 Cook unpeeled potatoes in the same water where codfish has been
 cooked.
 Peel and mash as soon as they are cool enough to handle. Squeeze
 out all liquid from codfish and add to potatoes. Cook onions in
 olive oil until transparent. Add crushed garlic, cook one minute
 and stir into potato mixture off the heat. Adjust the salt. Add
 parsley, egg yolks and pepper.  Stir to combine.
 Whip egg whites until they form soft peaks and fold them into potato
 mixture. Make dumplings with floured hands or using a spoon, drop
 them in hot olive oil to deep fry until they are golden.