Ray with Almond Sauce (Raya con Nueces)

Ingredients

• 1 pound ray fish
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1 onion, sliced
• 2 tablespoons almonds, peeled
• Liver of ray
• 1 tablespoon butter, melted

Method

1. 1

   Place the ray in cold water in a casserole with a little salt and the sliced onion.

2. 2

   Bring to a boil, then take up the fish, drain, remove skin and put to cook in just enough boiling water to cover.

3. 3

   When done, take out and place on a hot serving plate.

4. 4

   Meanwhile boil the liver of the ray in a separate saucepan.

5. 5

   Blend melted butter with flour.

6. 6

   Mash the liver with 1.5 cups of the liquid it was boiled in, and add, with the lemon juice, nutmeg and ground almonds.

7. 7

   Cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly, and serve with the fish.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The European cookbook for American homes (from Italy, Spain, Portugal and France) (1936) by Brown, Cora Lovisa Brackett Mrs., page 54. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

RAY WITH ALMOND SAUCE (Raya con Nueces) i pound ray fish i tablespoon flour (wings of the skate) i tablespoon lemon juice Salt Vi teaspoon nutmeg i onion, sliced 2 tablespoons almonds, peeled Liver of ray and ground 1 tablespoon butter, melted Place the ray in cold water in a casserole with a little salt and the sliced onion. Bring to a boil, then take up the fish, drain, remove skin and put to cook in just enough boiling water to cover. When done, take out and place on a hot serving plate. Meanwhile boil the liver of the ray in a separate saucepan. Blend melted butter with flour. Mash the liver with iJ4 cups of the liquid it was boiled in, and add, with the lemon juice, nutmeg and ground almonds. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring con- stantly, and serve with the fish. A white sauce seasoned with capers often accompanies this fish. TUNNY IN CASSEROLE (Atun en Olid) 1 pound tinned tunny fish 1 celery stalk, chopped *4 cup butter % teaspoon each cinnamon, 1 onion, sliced

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