2 tablespooDsful line flour.
2 yolks of eggs.
1 gill cream.
Chopped parsley.
Trim the fillets neatly, roll each round a cork-shaped piece of
parboiled potato, tie with lino string, brush each with liquid
butter, place them on a well-buttered tin, sprinkle with salt,
pepper, and lemon juice ; lay a buttered paper over, and bake in
a moderate oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Stew the bones and trim-
mings of the fish in a little water, adding salt, peppercorns,
herbs, sliced shallot, and cloves, let this all boil for about
an hour, then strain. With a sharp knife cut the remaining
peeled potatoes ✪ Fillets of Sole a la Venitienne into cork-shaped pieces, and boil them till soft
in milk and water. Melt 2 oz. of the butter in a small stew-pan,
mix the flour in gradually, stirring all the time, then add \ pint
of the fish-stock, and stir the sauce till it is smooth and thick.
Take two-thirds of the sauce, season it to taste, stir in the well
beaten egg yolks and a few drops of lemon juice. Remove the
string from the fillets, place them in a circle on a silver dish,
pour the sauce over them. Toss the potato-corks in the remainder
of the white sauce, then place them in the centre of the dish,
pour the hot cream over them, sprinkle with chopped parsley,
and serve hot.
SAVALADE OF SOLE.
Sole a la Savalade.
2 soles. 2 Spanish onions.
Frying oil. 3 large tomatoes.
Pepper, salt and cayenne✪ Savalade of Sole.
Fillet the soles, and fry them a little brown in boiling oil.
Slice the onions, and fry them in oil. Drain off the frying oil,
add the fish to the onions and the tomatoes, peeled and sliced.
28
DAINTY DINNERS AND DISHES.
Add the seasonings, and simmer together for a few minutes.
Arrange t lie fillets in a circle on a hot dish, and place the vege-
tables in the centre. Serve hot.
SOLE A LA TURQUE.
1 sole.
1 per o'
1 oz. blitter.
2 tablespoonsful breadcrumbs.
2 tablespoonsful cold fish.
^ teaspoonful minced herbs.
1 teaspoonful parsley.
1 lemon.
1 hard-boiled egg.
^ pint white sauce.
Skin the sole, cut down the centre as if for filleting, and just
raise the fillets about 1 inch on either side of the bone. Place
the fish on a greased tin. Rub the butter into the breadcrumbs,
add the pounded fish, chopped herbs, and parsley, and a little
grated lemon peel, and bind all together with the egg. Lay this
stuffing under each fillet, and make it into a nice shape. Sprinkle
with lemon juice, pepper, and salt, cover with a greased paper,
and bake 15 to 20 minutes. Place on a hot dish, pour over the
white sauce, and decorate with hard-boiled white and yolk of egg.
TURBOT— SAUCE HOLLANDAISE.
Clean the turbot, rub it over with a cut lemon, and fold it in
a clean cloth. Boil it in salted water, to which 1 dessertspoon
vinegar has been added. Drain when cooked, remove the cloth,
and serve on a hot dish, garnished with cut lemon and parsley.
Serve with it: —
Ilallandaisc Sauce: Cream 3 oz. butter, add the yolks of
2 eggs, one at a time, and stir one way only. Add gradually the
strained juice of a lemon and a pinch of pepper. Stand the
bowl in which the sauce is being made, over a saucepan of
boiling water, and stir till the mixture thickens. Add a wine-
glass of boiling water, and stir till it is as thick as a custard.
WHITEBAIT.
Blancliailles.
Whitebait. Frying oil or fat.
Flour. Fried parsley. ✪ Sole a la Turque
Page 16 · 5 recipe records on this page
Presented as published in 1907. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
AI-modernized reading of the original text
2 tablespoonsful fine flour. 2 yolks of eggs.
1 gill cream.
Chopped parsley.
Trim the fillets neatly, roll each round a cork-shaped piece of parboiled potato, tie with lino string, brush each with liquid butter, place them on a well-buttered tin, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and lemon juice ; lay a buttered paper over, and bake in a moderate oven for 10 to 15 minutes. Stew the bones and trimmings of the fish in a little water, adding salt, peppercorns, herbs, sliced shallot, and cloves, let this all boil for about an hour, then strain. With a sharp knife cut the remaining peeled potatoes into cork-shaped pieces, and boil them till soft in milk and water. Melt 2 oz. of the butter in a small stew-pan, mix the flour in gradually, stirring all the time, then add \ pint of the fish-stock, and stir the sauce till it is smooth and thick. Take two-thirds of the sauce, season it to taste, stir in the well beaten egg yolks and a few drops of lemon juice. Remove the string from the fillets, place them in a circle on a silver dish, pour the sauce over them. Toss the potato-corks in the remainder of the white sauce, then place them in the centre of the dish, pour the hot cream over them, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and serve hot.
SALADE OF SOLE.
Sole a la Salade.
2 soles. 2 Spanish onions.
Frying oil. 3 large tomatoes.
Pepper, salt and cayenne.
Fillet the soles, and fry them a little brown in boiling oil. Slice the onions, and fry them in oil. Drain off the frying oil, add the fish to the onions and the tomatoes, peeled and sliced.
Add the seasonings, and simmer together for a few minutes. Arrange t lie fillets in a circle on a hot dish, and place the vegetables in the centre. Serve hot.
SOLE A LA TURQUE.
1 sole.
1 pepper.
1 oz. blitter.
2 tablespoonsful breadcrumbs. 2 tablespoonsful cold fish.
^ teaspoonful minced herbs. 1 teaspoonful parsley.
1 lemon.
1 hard-boiled egg.
^ pint white sauce.
Skin the sole, cut down the centre as if for filleting, and just raise the fillets about 1 inch on either side of the bone. Place the fish on a greased tin. Rub the butter into the breadcrumbs, add the pounded fish, chopped herbs, and parsley, and a little grated lemon peel, and bind all together with the egg. Lay this stuffing under each fillet, and make it into a nice shape. Sprinkle with lemon juice, pepper, and salt, cover with a greased paper, and bake 15 to 20 minutes. Place on a hot dish, pour over the white sauce, and decorate with hard-boiled white and yolk of egg.
TURBOT— SAUCE HOLLANDAISE.
Clean the turbot, rub it over with a cut lemon, and fold it in a clean cloth. Boil it in salted water, to which 1 dessertspoon vinegar has been added. Drain when cooked, remove the cloth, and serve on a hot dish, garnished with cut lemon and parsley. Serve with it: —
Hollandaise Sauce: Cream 3 oz. butter, add the yolks of 2 eggs, one at a time, and stir one way only. Add gradually the strained juice of a lemon and a pinch of pepper. Stand the bowl in which the sauce is being made, over a saucepan of boiling water, and stir till the mixture thickens. Add a wineglass of boiling water, and stir till it is as thick as a custard.
WHITEBAIT.
Blancliailles.
Whitebait. Frying oil or fat.
Flour. Fried parsley.
Records on this page
Fillets of Sole a la VenitienneSavalade of SoleSole a la TurqueTurbot - Sauce HollandaiseWhitebait