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Trout with Fine Herbs

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

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.

Source and licence

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.

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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.

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Ingredients

Method

  1. Put half a dozen cleaned trout in a buttered baking-dish with half a glassful of white wine, and a finely chopped shallot.
  2. Bake for ten minutes, strain the liquid, and add to it one cupful of Allemande Sauce.
  3. Add also a small chopped onion, two shallots, twice the quantity of mushrooms, and a bean of garlic, all minced and fried in butter.
  4. Season with salt, pepper, minced parsley, and lemon-juice;
  5. pour over the fish and serve.