Planked Fish

Ingredients

• Place the fish
• Dot with fat
• narrow strips of bacon or salt pork
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper
• pepper
• border of duchess potatoes
• beaten egg yolk
• equal quantity of milk

Method

1. 1

   Place the fish, cleaned, skin side down on a heated hardwood plank.

2. 2

   Dot with fat.

3. 3

   Lay narrow strips of bacon or salt pork on fish.

4. 4

   Sprinkle with salt and pepper.

5. 5

   Bake in hot oven, basting frequently.

6. 6

   When the fish is cooked, surround with a border of duchess potatoes, shaping by means of a pastry bag and star tube.

7. 7

   Brush the potatoes over with beaten egg yolk mixed with an equal quantity of milk.

8. 8

   Let brown in the oven, and serve with maitre d’hotel butter.

9. 9

   Garnish with lemon and parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Blue Ribbon cook book (1905) by Blue Ribbon Limited, page 13. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Planked Fish—Place the fish, cleaned, skin side down on a heated hardwood plank. Dot with fat. Lay narrow strips of bacon or salt pork on fish. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake in hot oven, basting fre- quently. When the fish is cooked, surround with a border of duchess potatoes, shaping by means of a pastry bag and star tube. Brush the pota- toes over with beaten egg yolk mixed with an equal quantity of milk

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