Fish Pulpety

• There are several Polish saying around fish.
• My father used to say – ryba lubi pływać – which translates as – “Fish likes to  swim”  -this means – “You have to have a drink when eating fish” or  “You have to eat some fish when having a drink (of alcohol).”
• If one gets an invitation  –  na rybkę (for a little fish)  – it means  – “come over for a drink (and some fish).
• A third one translates as  – “Fish, to taste right, must swim three times – in water, in butter and in wine”.
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• Pulpety are usually little “meat” balls – cooked by simmering in stock. 
• Here they have been made with cooked white fish.
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• They can be served with sauces or dips or served in soups.

Ingredients

• 150g cooked white fish
• 1 onion chopped
• 30g white breadcrumbs – moistened with a little water or stock if available
• 1 tablespoon of dried breadcrumbs
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon of  plain flour
• Salt & Pepper
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• Plain flour for shaping balls

Method

• Mix fish, onion and bread together using a mincer or mini chopper.
• Add eggs, dried breadcrumbs, flour and salt & pepper.
• Make small balls using flour to coat.
• Boil in salted water or vegetable stock.

Option

• Fry the chopped onion in a little butter first.

• Served alone –  add your favourite sauces or dip.
• Served in a light “green” vegetable soup.