Stewed Plaice or Gurnet

Ingredients

• 4^ lbs. fish.
• 2 tablespoonsful lemon juice.
• i pint brown sauce.
• i teaspoonful chopped parsley.
• ,, Liebig's Meat Extract.
• pint red wine.
• 3 Sardellen.
• 5 oz. salt.

Method

1. 1

   Clean and skin the fish, cut it into medium-sized pieces, sprinkle it with salt, pour over it the lemon juice and stand in a cool place for an hour.

2. 2

   Make a brown sauce.

3. 3

   Place the fish in it in a covered saucepan, with the red wine, Meat Extract, a little sugar and the chopped onions.

4. 4

   Bring to the boil, then draw aside and stew slowly for 10 minutes.

5. 5

   Add finally the chopped Sardellen and serve.

As published

This recipe was extracted from German cookery for the English kitchen (1906) by Ella Oswald, page 23. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Stewed Plaice or Gurnet.) For 8 Persons, Time of Preparation : 2 hours. 4^ lbs. fish. 2 tablespoonsful lemon juice. I pint brown sauce. i teaspoonful chopped parsley. \ ,, Liebig's Meat Extract. A little sugar. \ pint red wine. 3 Sardellen. 5 oz. salt.

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