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Boiled Plaice

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United Kingdom

Known as a British recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 6 ingredients

  1. Plaice
  2. a wineglassful of vinegar
  3. Shrimp sauce
  4. Butter
  5. a tablespoonful of salt
  6. Water
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Cook safely

Keep children and pets away from the hob and the oven, and keep oven gloves and a lid within reach.

  • Boiling water and steam. Turn pan handles inward, away from the edge of the hob. Lift lids away from you, and pour hot water away from your body: steam burns too.

Method

  1. Large plaice is best for boiling ;
  2. put it into plenty of hot water, with a tablespoonful of salt and a wineglassful of vinegar ;
  3. boil quickly, skim, then simmer gently for twenty or twenty-five minutes.
  4. Serve on a neatly folded ' napkin, with either shrimp sauce or melted butter in a tureen.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Slotted spoon