Sardines, Spinach

Ingredients

• Boil the spinach
• a minced onion
• a few sardines
• a good-sized piece of butter
• as much flour as it will absorb
• a little water or broth
• salt and pepper

Method

1. 1

   Boil spinach in salted water with minced onion, then chop.

2. 2

   Remove skin and bones from sardines, mince, and stir into spinach.

3. 3

   Melt butter, add flour to thicken, then add water or broth and season.

4. 4

   Stir in spinach and serve hot, garnished with sliced hard-boiled eggs.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 1711. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SardineSj Spinach, with.-;- Boil the spinach. Before doing this let it lie in water for a little while, and rinse it several times in fresh water. Put it into boiling water with a minced onion and plentj' of salt, and let it boil gently, xmcovered, for eight or ten minutes. Drain and chop the spinach. Take a few sar- dines, remove the skin and bones, then mince the fish, and stir them among the vegetables. Take a good-sized piece of butter, and melt it in a stewpan, dredge in as much flour as it will absorb, and add a little water or broth, together "with salt and pepper

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