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swimming position, into water enough to cover it and brought to boil. All the ingredients are added and after boiling up once, set aside to simmer ½ hour. Garnish with lemon slices and parsley. Serve the fish with a butter gravy mixed with fine chopped parsley or with an egg dressing.

No. 27—RED SNAPPER WITH RED WINE DRESSING.

Quantity for 6 Persons.

The preparation and ingredients are the same as given under No. 3.

No. 28—FRIED SMELT OR SPARLING.

Quantity for 6 Persons.

  • 3½ lbs. of sparling
  • Salt
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tbsps. of milk
  • Flour
  • ½ lb. of butter for frying

Preparation: The fish is dressed, washed, rubbed with salt and left standing for ½ hours. Then the salt is washed off a little. Beat the egg with the milk, brush the fish with it and dip it into the flour. Heat the butter and bake the fish in it in the oven to a nice brown color.

When served, pour the drippings over.

No. 29—FILLET OF SHELLFISH, WHITEFISH. CABELJOU, SOLE, WITH DRESSING.

Quantity for 6 Persons.

  • 3½ lbs. of fish
  • ¼ lb. of butter
  • Salt, pepper
  • Juice of 1 lemon

Fish Bouillon.

  • Bones, skin
  • 4 pepper-corns
  • 2 cloves
  • 1 bay-leaf
  • 2 slices of lemon
  • ½ onion
  • 1½ qts. water
  • Salt

Preparation: The fish is dressed, washed, the bones all removed and cut into equal fillets. These are salted a little and left with the salt ½ hour.

During this time prepare the fish bouillon. The bones and skin are brought to boil in 1½ qts. of water to which the pepper-corns, cloves, lemon and onion slices and salt have been added and then cooked until the water has boiled down to ¾ qt. Then put the fish fillets into a buttered pan, season with 1 pinch of pepper, lemon juice, the ¼ lb. of butter placed on in pieces and ½ cupful of the fish bouillon poured over them.

The pan must be covered and the fish stewed in the oven for 25 minutes, then served on a hot platter, the drippings poured over. A Dutch gravy is served with it and the bouillon used for that. See gravies or dressings, Dutch Dressing.