Plaice or Fluke (Baked)

Ingredients

• 1 plaice
• 1 teaspoonful sweet herbs
• 1 egg or a little milk
• 1/2 teaspoonful pepper
• 1/2 pint brown stock
• 2 tablespoonfuls bread crumbs
• 1 tablespoonful minced suet
• 4 teaspoonfuls minced parsley
• 1 teaspoonful salt

Method

1. 1

   Fillet the plaice, and then remove the skin; to skin the plaice lift the flesh from the skin with a knife at the tail end, then hold the skin, and slip the knife between the skin and the flesh, pressing towards the skin.

2. 2

   Put the bones and skin to stew in half-pint of brown stock for 20 minutes.

3. 3

   Meanwhile prepare the forcemeat of above ingredients, moistened with the egg or a little milk spread a little on each fillet, and roll up and fasten with a small wood skewer.

4. 4

   Pour round the stock from fish trimmings, cover with greased paper, and bake 20 minutes; dish neatly, and strain round the gravy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Domestic cookery (1886) by H. M. Young, page 7. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLAICE OR FLUKE (Baked). 1 plaice teaspoonful sweet herbs 1 egg or a little milk A very small piece of onion, if liked ^ toaspoonful pepper A little grated lemon rind ^ pint brown stock 2 tablespoonfuls bread crumbs 1 tablespoouful minced suet 4 teaspoonful minced parsley I- teaspoonful salt Fillet the plaice, and then remove the skin ; to sMn the plaice lift the fiesh from the skin with a knife at the tail end, then 15 hold the skin, and slip the knife between the skin and the flesh, pressing towards the skin. Put the bones and skin to stew in half-pint of brown stock for 20 minutes. Meanwhile prepare the forcemeat of above ingredients, moistened with the egg or a little milk spread a httle on each fillet, and roll up and fasten with a small wood skewer. Pour round the stock from fish trimmings, cover with greased paper, and bake 20 minutes ; dish neatly, and strain round the gravy. No. 35. PLAICE OR FLUKE (Stuffed). 1 plaice 1 teaspoonful minced parsley 1 egg, or a little milk A dust of nutmeg ^ pint brown stock 4 tablespoonfuls bread crumbs 2 tablespoonfuls minced suet ^ teaspoonful salt J teaspoonful pepper A

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