Fish à la Bothschild

Ingredients

• Take either weakfish or carp; choose a fish of 2½ pounds
• 1 tablespoonful salt
• cover with 1½ pint water
• ½ pint white vinegar
• 2 fine-cut onions
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cloves
• 8 whole peppers
• 1 blade of mace
• a handful of seedless raisins
• small stick of cinnamon
• ½ lemon cut into lengths

Method

1. 1

   Cut fish into 6 pieces, sprinkle with salt, and let stand for 30 minutes.

2. 2

   Place in a saucepan with water, vinegar, onions, bay leaf, cloves, peppers, mace, raisins, cinnamon, and lemon.

3. 3

   Boil, then simmer until done.

4. 4

   Remove fish to a warm dish, thicken broth with butter and flour, add sugar, strain, and pour over fish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from European and American cuisine (1914) by Lemcke, Mrs. Gesine Knubel, page 141. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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