Smelts au Gratin a la Wally

Ingredients

• smelts
• stuff with fish mousse
• nice rich cheese sauce
• flavored with sherry
• grated cheese
• some bread crumbs

Method

1. 1

   Clean, bone, and wash the smelts.

2. 2

   Stuff with fish mousse and curl.

3. 3

   Put in a low casserole dish; fill in between the smelts with cheese sauce flavored with sherry; sprinkle on top grated cheese mixed with bread crumbs.

4. 4

   Bake in oven for about fifteen minutes.

5. 5

   Serve the dish on a platter with quarters of lemon around.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Swedish, French, American cook book (1918) by Hammond, Maria Mathilda (Ericsson) Mrs., page 129. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

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Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.