Roast Shad (Alosa Asada)

Ingredients

• 1 (3-pound) shad
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup chopped mushrooms
• 1/2 cup white wine
• Salt
• Pepper
• Shad liver

Method

1. 1

   Clean the fish and score the skin.

2. 2

   Season with salt and pepper, rub inside and out.

3. 3

   Melt butter in a roasting pan, lay in the fish, and bake for 20 minutes, basting in its juices.

4. 4

   Boil the fish liver, mash it, and cook mushrooms in the liver liquor.

5. 5

   Add the mashed liver to the pan with the fish and bake for another 15 minutes, basting well.

6. 6

   Remove fish to a hot platter, pour wine in the pan, heat, and pour over 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 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

ROAST SHAD (Alosa Asada) i (3-pound) shad 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons olive oil Shad liver Salt 1 cup chopped mushrooms Pepper l/2 cup white wine

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