How long are the fish balls baked?

For 10 minutes in a good hot oven.

Does the sauce need flour?

No, it is optional: onion and tomato purée can be used alone, or the flour can be browned in the butter and thinned with fish stock.

Kavring is crushed dry rusk, used here with grated cheese as a topping.

Gratinated fish balls with tomato sauce

Fish balls are placed in a dish, covered with browned onion and tomato sauce, sprinkled with grated cheese and rusk crumbs and baked for 10 minutes in a hot oven. From Erken's Stor kokebok (1949), p. 154.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 154 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A simple oven dish using ready-made fish balls. Erken gives two versions of the sauce, with or without flour browned in the butter.

How to make it

1
Place in a dish
Put the fish balls in a greased ovenproof dish.
2
Make the sauce
Brown the chopped onion in butter and spread it over the balls. Add the tomato purée and pour it over the balls. Alternatively, brown the flour in the butter and thin with a little fish stock; then add tomato purée to taste and pour the sauce into the dish.
3
Sprinkle
Sprinkle with grated cheese and crushed rusk crumbs.
4
Gratinate
Bake in a good hot oven (about 200 °C (390 °F)) for 10 minutes.

Changes from the original

Measures are modernised (dcl. to dl). A good hot oven is interpreted as about 200 °C (390 °F). The title is adjusted to the text, which does not mention celery. The amount of fish balls is not given.

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Frequently asked questions

How long are the fish balls baked?: For 10 minutes in a good hot oven.
Does the sauce need flour?: No, it is optional: onion and tomato purée can be used alone, or the flour can be browned in the butter and thinned with fish stock.
What is kavring?: Kavring is crushed dry rusk, used here with grated cheese as a topping.

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