Finnan Haddock for Breakfast

Ingredients

• the Haddock
• a tablespoonful or two tablespoonfuls of thin cream
• an ounce of butter
• an equal quantity of sifted breadcrumbs
• Dust with cayenne

Method

1. 1

   Soak the Haddock in cold water for one hour.

2. 2

   Dry, skin, and place it in a buttered saute-pan.

3. 3

   Pour cream over it, bring to a boil, then simmer with the lid on for about half an hour.

4. 4

   Remove the fish, reduce the sauce, and serve over the Haddock.

5. 5

   Alternatively, broil the Haddock, remove skin and bones, break the flesh with forks, mix with breadcrumbs and butter, dust with cayenne, and brown in the oven.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Roundell's Practical cookery book (1898) by Roundell, Charles Mrs, page 53. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Finnan Haddock for Breakfast. — {Family Recipe.) — Soak the Haddock in cold water for one hour. Take it out, dry it, skin it, and put it into a buttered saute-pan. Pour over it, according to the size of the fish, a tablespoonful or two table- spoonfuls of thin cream. Put the pan on the fire, let it come to the boil, and then let it simmer with the lid on till the Haddock is cooked. This will probably be in half an hour. Take out the fish, lay it on a hot dish, reduce the sauce till you have to scrape it out of the pan. Put it on the Haddock ; it gives just a browning look and a nice flavour. Add no season- ing of any kind. Serve the fish very hot. Or, having soaked the Haddock, broil it ou the gridiron. FINNAN HADDOCK FOR BREAKFAST 87 Then remove the skin and bones, break np the flesh with two forks, lay it on a fii’e-proof dish, and add an equal quantity of sifted breadcrumbs. Take an ounce of buttei’, put some among the fish and the crumbs, and the rest in little bits on the top. Dust with cayenne

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