Turbans of Fish in Ramekins

Ingredients

• two small slices of halibut
• the juice of half a lemon
• a little salt
• a little fish stock
• a teaspoonful of butter
• three tablespoonfuls of butter
• three tablespoonfuls of flour
• one-fourth teaspoonful of salt
• one-fourth teaspoonful of pepper
• enough cream or milk to make a cup and a half in all

Method

1. 1

   Prepare halibut fillets, dip in melted butter, squeeze lemon juice, sprinkle with salt, roll into turbans, secure with toothpicks.

2. 2

   Cook in an agate pan with fish stock and butter for about fifteen minutes, basting occasionally.

3. 3

   Drain liquid, add cream or milk, melt butter, cook flour, salt, and pepper, add liquid and stir until boiling.

4. 4

   Set turbans in ramekins, pour sauce over and serve immediately.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The national course in home economics (1917) by Ruth Allen Beezley, page 349. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

TURBANS OF FISH IN RAMEKINS. For eight ramekins have two small slices of halibut cut entirely across the fish; remove the skin and bone, thus securing eight "fillets" of the same shape and size. Trim these, if when rolled they will be too large for the ramekins. Dip the fillets in melted butter; squeeze over them the juice of half a lemon and a little onion juice and sprinkle with a little salt. Commen- cing at the widest end, roll each fillet into a "turban" and push a wooden toothpick, dipped in melted butter, through the turban, to hold it in shape. Set the prepared turbans in an agate pan, pour in a little fish stock (made by simmering the bones and trimmings of the fish with a few slices, each, of carrot and onion in water to cover) and put a teaspoonful of butter on each. Cook in a moderate oven about fifteen minutes. Baste three or four times with the liquid in the pan. When the turbans are cooked drain off the liquid and add to it enough cream or milk to make a cup and a half in all. Melt three tablespoonfuls of butter; cook in it three tablespoonfuls of flour

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