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Plaice a la Meuniere

From Soyer's standard cookery, 1912

Serves 2

Herrings can be used instead of plaice, with minced chives added.

Presented as published in 1912. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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Ingredients

Method

As published

This recipe was extracted from Soyer's standard cookery (1912) by Nicolas Soyer, page 77. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Plaice a la Meuniere. Filleted or whole fish can be used for this dish. Chop a small shallot, add a teaspoonful of anchovy paste or sauce, a squeeze of lemon juice, one ounce of butter, a little chopped parsley, salt and pepper, and a little cayenne. Place in a thor- oughly buttered bag, dredge with flour, pour a tablespoonful of oiled butter on top of the fish, seal up and cook. For two pounds of whole fish

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