Golden Bream

Ingredients

• 1 bream
• a little chopped onion
• and parsley
• a little oil
• 1 tomato
• 1 teaspoonful of anchovy sauce
• 1 or 2 finely chopped mushrooms
• the juice of a lemon
• a little water
• 1 oz. fat
• 1 teaspoonful of flour

Method

1. 1

   Scale and fillet the bream, season the fillets, sprinkle with the onion and parsley and baste with oil.

2. 2

   Let the fish stand for an hour or two to let the seasoning soak in thoroughly.

3. 3

   Now pour the oil from the fish into a baking dish, preferably of stoneware, and when hot pass the fillets through this oil both sides, leaving them in it with the skin side upwards.

4. 4

   Sprinkle with the tomato and mushrooms, the lemon juice and a little water, and bake in the oven, basting from time to time.

5. 5

   When done, mix the fat, flour and anchovy sauce with the gravy and baste again, then put back in the oven for a few minutes, and serve in the dish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The victory cookery book (1918) by Peel, C. S. Mrs, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Golden Bream Maiterials.—1 bream, a little chopped onion and parsley, a little oil, 1 tomato, 1 teaspoonful of anchovy sauce, 1 or 2 finely chopped mushrooms, the juice of a lemon, a little water, 1 oz. fat, 1 teaspoonful of flour

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