Baked Fish

Ingredients

• 1 cup of hot water
• 34 cup of butter
• 2-inch strips of bacon
• Sprinkle with salt
• Sprinkle with pepper
• dredge with flour

Method

1. 1

   Make three gashes on each side of the fish and set in strips of bacon.

2. 2

   Skewer the fish into the form of the letter S.

3. 3

   Bake in the oven for 30 to 45 minutes, basting every 10 minutes with hot water mixed with butter.

4. 4

   When well browned, remove from the pan carefully, take out the skewers and strings, garnish with parsley and lemon, and serve hot with a fish sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Domestic science, principles and application (1914) by Pearl La Verne Bailey, page 104. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

2-inch strips of bacon. This is done to add fat to fish that are lacking it, as white fish. Skewer the fish into the form of the letter S. Sprinkle with salt and pepper and dredge with flour. Bake in the oven 30 to 45 minutes basting every 10 minutes with 1 cup of hot water to which has been added 34 cup of butter

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