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Fillets of Sole à la Maréchale

A historical recipe from How to Cook Fish, by Myrtle Reed.

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A historical recipe

How to Cook Fish, by Myrtle Reed. Project Gutenberg eBook #18542.

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

Method

  1. Season the prepared fillets with salt, pepper, and lemon-juice, and cover with a thin coating of Béchamel Sauce.
  2. Put on ice for an hour, dip in crumbs, then in beaten egg, then in crumbs, and sauté in clarified butter, drain, and serve with Béchamel Sauce.

Plating

Cookware for this recipe

  • Frying pan
  • Colander
Source Public domain in the USA
Credit

From How to Cook Fish, by Myrtle Reed. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #18542 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18542). 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.