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Eel and Tomato Sauce

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United Kingdom

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

Ingredients 8 ingredients

  1. Salt
  2. 1 pint Stock
  3. Cut
  4. Walnuts
  5. 4 anchovies
  6. Water
  7. Tomato sauce
  8. Milk
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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.
  • Sharp knives. Cut on a board that doesn't slip (a damp cloth under it helps), and curl the fingers of the hand that holds the food.

Method

  1. 1 Eel.
  2. Salt.
  3. 3 Pickled Walnuts.
  4. 4 Anchovies.
  5. Cayenne.
  6. 1 pint Stock or Milk and Water.
  7. Tomato Sauce.
  8. Cut up the Eel and put it in a stewpan ;
  9. place on it the Anchovies cut into strips, and the Pickled Walnuts cut small.
  10. Add the Stock or Milk and Water, and simmer until the fish is quite cooked.
  11. Lay it on a dish;
  12. sprinkle with Salt and a good seasoning of Cayenne, and smother with thick Tomato Sauce.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Saucepan
  • Chef's knife