Scalloped Salmon

Ingredients

• a layer of soft grated bread crumbs
• salt
• pepper
• bits of butter
• a layer of flaked salmon
• a little milk
• a little soft butter

Method

1. 1

   Put a layer of soft grated bread crumbs in a well buttered baking dish.

2. 2

   Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and bits of butter.

3. 3

   Cover with a layer of flaked salmon, seasoning with salt and pepper, and pour in some oil and liquor from the can.

4. 4

   Repeat layers until filled, finishing with buttered crumbs moistened slightly with milk.

5. 5

   Spread soft butter over the surface and bake in a buttered bag for half an hour in a hot oven until rich brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Standard Paper-Bag Cookery (1912) by Emma Paddock Telford, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Scalloped Salmon. — Put a layer of soft grated bread crumbs in the bottom of a wooden baking dish that has been well buttered. Sprinkle the bread crumbs with salt, pepper and bits of butter. Cover with a layer of flaked salmon, seasoning with salt and pepper and pouring in some of the oil and liquor from the can. Over this spread another layer of the seasoned crumbs, then more salmon and so on until the dish is filled. Let the last layer be of buttered crumbs moistening slightly with a little milk. Spread a little soft butter

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