Mrs Beetons Fish Recipes Revisited
Baked Carp
1 Carp
285ml (½ pint) Medium Stock
285ml (½ pint) Port Wine
25g (1oz) Butter
6 Anchovies
2 Onions, sliced
1 Bay Leaf
1 Small Bunch Sweet Herbs
1 Lemon, juice only
1 Egg
Forcemeat
Breadcrumbs
Flour, to thicken
½ tsp Sugar
Cayenne and Salt, to taste
Clean the fish thoroughly.
Stuff the carp with forcemeat and sew up to prevent the stuffing from falling out.
Brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with breadcrumbs, place it in a deep earthen dish and drop the butter, oiled, over the breadcrumbs.
Add the stock, onions, bay leaf, herbs, wine and anchovies and bake for 1 hour.
Put 25g (1oz) butter into a saucepan, melt it and dredge in sufficient flour to dry it up
Add the strained liquor from the carp, stir frequently and when it has boiled, add the lemon juice and seasoning.
Serve the carp on a dish garnished with parsley and cut lemon and the sauce in a boat.
Sufficient for 1 or 2 persons.
Seasonable from March to October.
Time: 60-75 minutes.
BAKED CARP.
242. INGREDIENTS - 1 carp, forcemeat, bread crumbs, 1 oz. butter, 1/2 pint of stock No. 105, 1/2 pint of port wine, 6 anchovies, 2 onions sliced, 1 bay-leaf, a faggot of sweet herbs, flour to thicken, the juice of 1 lemon; cayenne and salt to taste; 1/2 teaspoonful of powdered sugar.
Mode - Stuff the carp with a delicate forcemeat, after thoroughly cleansing it, and sew it up to prevent the stuffing from falling out. Rub it over with an egg, and sprinkle it with bread crumbs, lay it in a deep earthen dish, and drop the butter, oiled, over the bread crumbs. Add the stock, onions, bay-leaf, herbs, wine, and anchovies, and bake for 1 hour. Put 1 oz. of butter into a stewpan, melt it, and dredge in sufficient flour to dry it up; put in the strained liquor from the carp, stir frequently, and when it has boiled, add the lemon-juice and seasoning. Serve the carp on a dish garnished with parsley and cut lemon, and the sauce in a boat.
Time - 1-1/4 hour.
Average cost, Seldom bought.
Seasonable from March to October.
Sufficient for 1 or 2 persons.
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