Filets de Maquereaux d la Maitre d’ Hotel

Ingredients

• 2 mackerel
• 1\
• \ oz. flour
• 1 small shallot
• 2 tablespoonfuls mushroom liquor
• ^ lemon
• 1 large teaspoonful chopped parsley
• 1 gill milk
• stock
• pepper and salt

Method

1. 1

   Wipe the fish and remove fillets.

2. 2

   Butter a baking tin, add shallot, place fillets skin upwards, season, moisten with mushroom liquor, cover with buttered paper, and bake for about 15 minutes.

3. 3

   Meanwhile, make a sauce with butter, flour, milk, and stock, simmer for 10 minutes.

4. 4

   Dress the fish on a hot dish and pour the sauce over.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new century cookery book (1901) by Charles Herman Senn, page 171. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Filets de Maquereaux d la Maitre d’ Hotel (Fillets of Mackerel, Maitre d' Hotel). — 2 mackerel, 1\ oz. butter, \ oz. flour, 1 small shallot, 2 tablespoonfuls mushroom liquor or fish stock, ^ lemon, 1 large teaspoonful chopped parsley, 1 gill milk, stock, pepper and salt

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