Mildred Covert’s Fried Green Tomatoes with Gefilte Fish

Preparation info
  • Yields

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Louisiana Eats!: The People, the Food, and Their Stories

By Poppy Tooker

Published 2013

  • About

A thoroughly Southern dish done Kosher-style!

Ingredients

  • 1 16-oz. jar gefilte fish
  • 2 cups matzo meal

Method

Drain the gefilte fish. Roll in matzo meal and fry in oil until lightly browned; set aside.

Mix together the egg and milk to make an egg wash. Dip each slice of green tomato in the egg wash and coat thoroughly with matzo meal. Pan-fry the tomato slices, turning once, until lightly browned on each side.

Top each slice of fried green tomato with several pieces of gefilte fish and