Halibut, Coquilles of

Ingredients

• Cook 1 lb. of halibut
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• a dash of cayenne
• a dash of white pepper
• half a cupful of rich cream
• 1 oz. of butter
• 1 oz. of flour

Method

1. 1

   Cook halibut, chop into small pieces, and mix with salt, cayenne, white pepper, and cream.

2. 2

   Add butter and flour mixture to boiling halibut.

3. 3

   Fill buttered shells with mixture, cover with fried bread-crumbs, and heat in the oven.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Harper's cook book encyclopædia (1902), page 135. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ozs. of butter, broken into small pieces ; baste frequently, and bake in a moderate oven. Serve on a hot dish with parsley and sliced lemon. It is an improvement to rub the haddock over with beaten egg and sprinkle it with bread-crumbs before baking. Send melted butter and anchovy sauce to table in a tureen. Time, a mod- erate-sized haddock, half an hour or more. Halibut, Boiled. — Place the piece of halibut in your fish-pot upon the strainer, or, if you have not a strainer, pover the bottom of the pot with a dish, upon which place a towel, so arranged that you can lift it out by the corners, and upon this lay your fish. Rub it over with some coarse salt. Cover it with cold water. Put it upon the fire, and when it begins to boil set it back where it will simmer slowly until done. Halibut, Breaded. — Take a thick, square piece of halibut. Season with salt and pepper ; lay in a baking-pan or dish. Sprinkle with minced pars- ley and garlic, pour over one teacupful of chopped tomatoes, cover with a.layer of grated bread-crumbs and bits of butter. Set in a hot oven and bake half an hour. Serve in the dish or pan in which it is cooked. Halibut, Coquilles of. — Cook i lb. of halibut, chop into small pieces, put in a saucepan with half a teaspoonful of salt, a dash of cayenne and white pep- per each, and half a cupful of rich cream

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