Planked Whitefish

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoonfuls of butter
• 2 of vinegar
• a pinch of cayenne pepper
• Use a plank made from hardwood (oak, if possible)

Method

1. 1

   Heat the plank in the oven.

2. 2

   Clean and dry the fish, split down the back, and place skin down on the hot plank.

3. 3

   Bake for 30 minutes, basting every 10 minutes with a sauce made from butter, vinegar, salt, and cayenne.

4. 4

   Serve fish from the plank.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Superior cook book (1905) by Grace Church (Ishpeming, Mich.), page 5. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Planked Whitefish. I'se 'i iiu-ii planlc iiiailc ri'oiu hardwood (oak. if ])Ms?^il)l(') tlie size of a large plattci-. Wdicii ready for use i)iit in the oxvu and lu-at it tliorouglily. Have tlie fish well (/leaned and wiped dry, sj)]it down the nacl< and jjut it, skin down, on the hot |)hiiik. j)iit plank in lari^e (h-ipjnng pan and keep the oven iiot for 10 minutes; then haste e\ei'y 10 minutes witli a sauce made as foMews: 2 tablespoonfuls of butter, 2 of vinegar, 1 of salt and a j)ineh of cayenne peppe

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