Cod a la Creme

Ingredients

• a nice piece of cod
• 3 or 4 ounces of butter
• flour
• pepper
• nutmeg
• half a pint of cream
• some very finely chopped parsley

Method

1. 1

   Boil the cod in water, drain, and cut into fillets.

2. 2

   Blend butter with flour, pepper, and nutmeg, thicken over heat while stirring.

3. 3

   Add cream and parsley, stir for five minutes, then add cod fillets and simmer for 10 minutes before serving.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Cod “ a la Creme.” Boil a nice piece of cod, either fresh cod or very slightly salted, in boiling water. Drain it and cut into fillets. Blend 3 or 4 ounces of butter with flour, pepper, and nutmeg (salt, if the cod used is not salted) ; let it thicken over the fire, jstirring all the time. Now add half a pint of cream and some very finely chopped parsley

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