Blehat Samak 1

Name: Blehat Samak 1 (Fish Sticks 1)
Ingredients: 1 stalk celery; 500 g (1 lb) fish: cod, haddock, halibut, sea bream, sea bass, or a mixture of any of these; 2 bay leaves; 2 small onions; Flour; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 egg; 180 g (6 oz) white bread or 120 g (4 oz) dry white breadcrumbs; 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley; Chopped parsley, to decorate; Juice of ½ lemon, or more; 2 cloves garlic; Salt and black pepper; Butter or oil; A few fish heads, tails and bones

Fish Sticks 1

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

A New Book of Middle Eastern Food

By Claudia Roden

Published 1986

About

These make an excellent cold buffet dish or hors d’oeuvre. They are also good served hot in a tomato sauce, accompanied by rice.

Ingredients

A few fish heads, tails and bones
500 g (1 lb) fish: cod, haddock

Fish course
Side dish
Pescatarian

Method

Ask the fishmonger to give you some heads, tails and bones to make a stock.

Skin, bone and mince the fish. Alternatively, boil whole pieces of fish until soft and mash them to a paste with a fork.

Boil the fish trimmings in about 1 litre (1¾