Red Mullets a la Colbert

Ingredients

• 6 mushrooms
• 4 chives
• 1 dessert-spoonful of parsley
• about 1 ounce of butter
• some pieces of bread the same size as the fillets

Method

1. 1

   Fillet some red mullets; rub each fillet slightly with flour, then fry the fillets in butter over a quick fire.

2. 2

   Cut some pieces of bread the same size as the fillets, fry them in boiling fat until crisp and golden.

3. 3

   Chop up mushrooms, chives, and parsley; season with pepper and salt; stew slowly in butter until it makes almost a paste.

4. 4

   Spread this mixture on the fried bread and place a fillet of mullet on top.

5. 5

   Dish up with a savoury brown gravy poured around.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Wholesome cookery (1887) by Marie de Joncourt, page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ed Mullets “ a la Colbert.” Fillet some red mullets ; rub each fillet slightly with flour, then fry the fillets in butter over a quick fire. Cut some pieces of bread the same size as the 184 WHOLESOME COOKERY. fillets, fry them in boiling fat until crisp and a golden colour. Chop up 6 mushrooms, 4 chives, and 1 dessert- spoonful of parsley ; season with pepper and salt ; stew them slowly for half an hour in about 1 ounce of butter

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