Gravy for Baked Fish - American Recipe

Gravy for Baked Fish

🌍 American, American Home Cooking Difficulty: ●○○○○

🍳 Equipment: Small saucepan, Strainer

A fundamental gravy for baked fish used across many classic American recipes.

Ingredients

• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon lemon juice

Method

1. Melt — the butter in a saucepan.
2. Add — the flour to the butter, and mix thoroughly.
3. Strain — the liquid from the pan in which the fish was baked into a measuring-cup, and add enough hot water to fill the cup
4. Add — this liquid to the butter-and-flour mixture, stirring constantly over the fire until it thickens and boils.
5. Add — the Worcestershire sauce and lemon juice.

Tags: fish, butter, flour, lemon · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)