Baked Turbot

Ingredients

• a small turbot
• a small quantity of hot butter
• a little finely-chopped parsley
• a little powdered mace
• a little salt
• a little pepper
• Brush it over with egg
• cover with sifted breadcrumbs

Method

1. 1

   Clean the turbot, pour hot butter over it, sprinkle with parsley, mace, salt, and pepper.

2. 2

   Let it sit for an hour, then brush with egg, cover with breadcrumbs, and bake until done.

3. 3

   Serve with fish sauce.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Cook Book, by "Oscar" of the Waldorf (1896) by Oscar Tschirky, page 32. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Baked Turbot. Clean and wash a small turbot, place it on a dish, pour over a small quantity of hot butter, sprinkle with a little finely-chopped parsley, powdered mace, salt and pep- per, and allow it to remain for an hour. Lift the fish up carefully and place it in a baking dish. Brush it over with egg, then cover with sifted breadcrumbs

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