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Cod au Beurre Roux

A historical recipe from La cuisine creole, by Lafcadio Hearn (1885).

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A historical recipe

La cuisine creole: a collection of culinary recipes from leading chefs and noted Creole housewives, who have made New Orleans famous for its cuisine, by Lafcadio Hearn (1885). Project Gutenberg eBook #75027.

From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.

Also printed in: La cuisine creole (1885).

United States

Known as an American recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.

Ingredients 1 ingredient

  1. one onion

Method

  1. Cod;
  2. a little browned butter;
  3. a little flour;
  4. sugar;
  5. one onion;
  6. tablespoonful of vinegar.
  7. For cod au beurre roux, boil a piece of cod and separate it into flakes;
  8. brown some butter, dredge in a little flour, and a little sugar in powder, and in this fry some slices of onion a fine brown;
  9. throw in the vinegar, boil it up, pour over the fish, and serve it with crisp parsley.

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Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From La cuisine creole, by Lafcadio Hearn (1885). Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #75027 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/75027). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

What was changed: As printed, from the book's text; Project Gutenberg's header and licence removed. Ingredient lines were read out of the text by a program. A historical recipe, not current advice.