Planked Shad with Creamed Roe

Ingredients

• 3-pound roe shad
• 4 cup cream
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 2 egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon finely chopped shallot
• Salt
• pepper
• lemon juice
• 1¥% tablespoons flour
• 14 cup buttered crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Prepare shad as for Planked Shad.

2. 2

   Parboil roe and mash.

3. 3

   Melt butter, add shallot, and cook 5 minutes; add roe, sprinkle with flour, and add cream gradually.

4. 4

   Cook slowly 5 minutes, add egg yolks, and season highly with salt, pepper, and lemon juice.

5. 5

   Remove shad from oven, spread thin part with roe mixture, cover with buttered crumbs, and return to oven to brown crumbs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Boston Cooking-School cook book (1896) by Fannie Merritt Farmer, Lincoln, Mary Johnson Bailey "Mrs. D. A. Lincoln,", James B. Herndon , Herndon/Vehling Collection, Sam Sloan, D. A. Lincoln, page 93. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

PLANKED SHAD WITH CREAMED ROE 3-pound roe shad 4 cup cream 3 tablespoons butter 2 egg yolks 1 teaspoon finely chopped shallot Salt, pepper, lemon juice '1¥% tablespoons flour 14 cup buttered crumbs

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