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Pinch of Saffron

A historical recipe from The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information , by Philip E. Muskett.

A historical recipe

The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information by Mrs. H. Wicken, by Philip E. Muskett. Project Gutenberg eBook #4219.

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From The Art of Living in Australia Together with Three Hundred Australian Cookery Recipes and Accessory Kitchen Information , by Philip E. Muskett. Digitised by Project Gutenberg, eBook #4219 (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4219). Public domain in the USA; its status may differ elsewhere.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. 1 1/2 oz.
  2. Butter--3 1/2d.
  3. Put the butter into a saucepan, and when it is hot add the leeks or onion chopped small, and let them get a good colour without burning;
  4. then add a quart of water, the fagot of herbs, the saffron tied in a piece of muslin, and the potatoes peeled.
  5. Bring up to the boil, and when they are nearly cooked cut the cod into slices and lay it in.
  6. Cook slowly for twenty minutes, take up the fish, and put it in a hot dish and lay the potatoes round.
  7. Season and flavour the liquor, and boil up.
  8. Cut the bread into slices, put it into a hot dish, and strain the liquor over;
  9. serve with the fish.