Baked Fish with Lemon Gravy

Ingredients

• a pint of hot water
• a teasponful of wheat floor
• a small bit of batter
• cut a lemon in very thin slices

Method

1. 1

   Lay bits of butter over the fish, dredge flour over, and put it on the rings.

2. 2

   Put hot water in the pan to baste with; bake for one hour in a quick oven, basting frequently.

3. 3

   After taking the fish out, fry the lemon slices in the pan, dredge in flour, add butter, stir, and let it brown.

4. 4

   Add boiling water, stir smooth, strain the gravy over the fish, and serve with boiled potatoes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mother's Cook Book: Containing Recipes for Every Day in the Week, Including .. (1902) by Marion Harland, page 17. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a pint of hot water in the pan, to baste with ; bake one hour if a large fiBh, in a quick oven; baste frequently. When the fish is taken np, having cut a lemon in very thin slices, put them in the pan, and let them fry a little; then dredge in a teasponful of wheat floor; add a small bit of batter

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