Fried Fillets of Sole

Ingredients

• two soles
• one pound and a half of lard
• one ounce of butter
• half an ounce of flour
• a gill and a half of cold water
• one tablespoonful of anchovy sauce

Method

1. 1

   Wash the sole, remove fins, head, and skin, and cut into fillets.

2. 2

   Dredge with flour, dip in beaten egg, and coat with bread crumbs.

3. 3

   Heat lard and fry the fillets for three minutes until pale brown.

4. 4

   Serve with fried parsley and anchovy sauce made by mixing butter, flour, cold water, and anchovy sauce.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The English-Chinese cookery book (1890) by J. Dyer Ball, J. Dyer Ball, J. Dyer (James Dyer) 1890- Ball, page 10. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

FRIED FILLETS OF SOLE. WASH the sole well, and lay it on a board. With a sharp knife cut off all the outside fins, the head, and the tail. Take the skin off. Slide the knife along carefully between the flesh and the bones, holding the flesh in one hand and drawing it away as the knife cuts it from the bone. Do both sides of the fish alike, and it will make four fillets. Put each fillet separately on a plate, and rub it over with flour. Take a wire sieve, and stand it over a piece of paper. Take some crumbs of bread and rub it through the sieve. Beat one egg on a plate with a knife. Lay the fillets in the egg, and egg them well all over with a brush. Put them in the bread crumbs, and cover them well. Be careful to finger them as little as possible. Take a saucepan, and put in it one pound and a half of lard. Put the saucepan on the fire to heat the fat. Test the heat of it by throwing in a piece of bread, and if it makes a fizzing noise it is ready. Place the fillets in a frying basket. They should be folded over. When the fat is quite hot, put in the frying basket with the fillets for three minutes. Put a piece of paper on a plate. When the fillets are done they should be a pale brown. Turn them out on to the paper on the plate, to drain off the grease. Serve them in a hot dish on a napkin, garnished with a little fried parsley. The fried parsley is prepared in this manner : — Take a few sprigs of parsley, wash them, dry them in a cloth, and put them into the frying basket. Toss the basket with the parsley into the boiling fat for a second. The anchovy sauce is prepared as follows : — Take a stewpan and put into it one ounce of butter and half an ounce of flour. Mix them well with a wooden spoon. Add a gill and a half of cold water. Put the stewpan on the fire, and stir well with a — 19 FRIED FILLETS OF SOLE— continued. wooden spoon until the mixture is quite smooth and boils. Take the stewpan off the fire. A quarter of an ounce of butter stirred into the sauce at the last very much improves it. Add one tablespoonful of anchovy sauce and stir it well into the butter sauce. For serving, put it in a sauce boat. m m « m m m tt m « m WoM. — HUt ffi.vft 4 k nt m m - $ m ± a m # k n m m ft - «>£),#, m 5 2 # f M ^ fc.tH.Jfc M in m fft M ft * 7) ffl fid T - * — m mni&T item® m *t> -k m fS>«! « 3kM M F $ « lx. $e a m m & # is* j§ « ® is « e$ is. «.±v 515 £>J » tt.7? « ®fc » ft*. — # X ffl B§ rn s. lit IS We F ft & £» w «. ft W ttl Si * m m » is ft ®>k mm $4 « ^ e.ai * £ » & % ft vftoft - s & * « * # « #.2 = isi s m m w»« pj ® m n4 m a # m ®t ^ ft.gfe a ?#,£ 4. * a ^JoBt.s ®m±.zMmmm ±,m m m. m w m m % m m # m. a m to m we a 4 is, ft ^1. -ii & - # w :& *f $ ^ $ m tfc ft ^ SI if i£ m im — » f« % 4 $ m 4 n n w t is #. n ^ vft *8 H Jfc *t fe, a *■ Hi ft Jg 15) ft tHF *f.- ** « * ft $: #c IK, ft $ ft i$: M ft ft0)i0*ft 4 ft m vis 4 ^ ffl mm si ^ »,b.*0± s m m it #. ii. ei m ^ =0jg in is ^ E.fft - f? jsl m # 7J — no — CUTLETS OF SOLE. CUT two soles

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