Coquilles of Fish

Ingredients

• 3 pounds of white fish or red snapper
• 1 quart of cream
• butter size of an egg
• 2 tablespoons of flour
• pepper
• salt
• nutmeg

Method

1. 1

   Boil fish in salted water, strain, remove skin and bones, pick to pieces.

2. 2

   Heat cream, add butter, flour, pepper, salt, and nutmeg.

3. 3

   Pour over fish, bake with bread crumbs or cheese on top until browned.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kentucky receipt book (1903) by Mary Harris Frazer, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Coquilles of Fish. Take 3 pounds of white fish or red snapper, put on in salted water, boil until done. Strain off the water, remove skin and bones, pick to pieces. Then have 1 quart of cream put in double boiler, when hot add butter size of an egg, 2 tablespoons of flour well blend- 36 KENTUCKY RECEIPT BOOK. ed, pepper and salt and a little nutmeg

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