French Recipe For Cooking Soles
From Coronation cookery book (1913).
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A historical recipe
Coronation cookery book, by C Hopkins and University of Leeds. Library (1913).
France
Known as a French recipe, with similar versions prepared across other nations.
From an old book: a historical recipe, not current advice. Its methods, additives and storage may be unsafe by today's standards.
Ingredients 1 ingredient
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
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- Prepare your sole as for boiling, and butter a fire-proof dish that can be sent to table.
- Place sole on dish with a few small balls of butter rolled in parsley and flour.
- Two wineglasses of white wine, \ doz.
- natives with their own sauce, I doz.
- mushrooms with a little butter rolled in flour, pepper and salt.
- Time very slowly 45 minutes.
- — Mrs.
- George Holman, Mayoress of Lewes, Sussex, 1908-11.
Plating
Cookware for this recipe
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Saucepan