Baked Fish - American Recipe

Baked Fish

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

🍳 Equipment: Large needle, with thread, Baking-pan, Large spoon

Classic baked fish prepared in the simple American home style.

Ingredients

• Fish weighing 2 pounds or more
• Stuffing
• 6 slices salt pork
• Salt
• Pepper
• Bread crumbs
• Flour

Method

1. Make — the stuffing in accordance with directions on page 24.
2. Wash — the fish, stuff it, and sew it up.
3. Place — slices of salt pork on the bottom of a baking-pan, and lay the fish on these slices.
4. Sprinkle — the fish with salt, pepper, flour, and bread crumbs, and lay two slices of salt pork on the top of the fish.
5. Pour — one cup of hot water in the pan around the fish, and place the pan in a moderately hot oven.
6. Cook — fifteen minutes to each pound of fish, basting often.

Tags: pork, fish, pepper, flour, bread · Source: The Plain Sailing Cook Book (1922)

Notes

It is taken for granted that the fish will be cleaned by the dealer. The head and tail may be removed if desired. Serve with gravy made in accordance with directions on page 25.