TWENTY-FIVE WAYS TO COOK WHITEFISH

BOILED WHITEFISH

Boil a large whitefish in salted and acidulated water, adding a bunch of parsley and a sliced onion to the water. Drain, and serve with any preferred sauce.

BOILED WHITEFISH A LA MACKINAC

Clean and split the fish and put into a buttered dripping-pan, skin-side down. Add enough salted water barely to cover, and simmer for half an hour. Serve with Maitre d'Hotel Sauce and garnish with hard-boiled eggs.

FRIED WHITEFISH--I

Clean and trim the fish and cut into convenient pieces for serving. Dip in seasoned flour and saute in hot lard in a frying-pan.

FRIED WHITEFISH--II

Cut the fish in slices, dip in beaten egg, then in seasoned crumbs, and fry in fat to cover. Serve with any preferred sauce.

[Page 442] FRIED WHITEFISH--III

Clean and dry the fish, cut into fillets, dip in seasoned crumbs, then in egg, then in crumbs, and fry quickly in fat to cover. Serve with Tartar Sauce.

BROILED WHITEFISH--I

Clean, trim, and split a large whitefish, season with salt, pepper, and oil, and broil. Garnish with lemon and parsley and serve with Tartar Sauce.

BROILED WHITEFISH--II

Put a cleaned and split whitefish on a wire broiler, season with salt and cayenne, lay a few thin slices of bacon on top, put the broiler on a baking-pan, and cook in the oven without turning. Put on a platter, add a little butter, and rub hard-boiled eggs through a sieve over the fish. Garnish with parsley and lemon.

BROILED WHITEFISH--III

Clean and split the fish, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with lemon-juice, and broil. Pour over melted butter and serve.

BAKED WHITEFISH--I

Clean and split a large fish, remove the bone, and put in a buttered baking-pan skin-side down. Season with salt, cayenne, and lemon-juice, [Page 443] sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter, and bake. Serve with any preferred sauce.

BAKED WHITEFISH--II

Make a stuffing of one and one-half cupfuls of dry bread-crumbs, seasoning with salt and pepper. Add a heaping tablespoonful of butter and one egg well-beaten. Stuff the fish and sew it up. Put in a buttered baking-pan, pour in one cupful of vinegar, and bake until done, basting with butter and hot water. Take up the fish and thicken the gravy with two tablespoonfuls of flour browned in butter and rubbed smooth with a little cold water.

BAKED WHITE FISH--III

Dip the fillets of whitefish in beaten egg, then in crumbs, then in egg, then in crumbs, and lastly in beaten egg. Bake in a buttered dripping-pan for twenty-five minutes and serve with Cream Sauce.

BAKED FILLETS OF WHITEFISH

Cut a large cleaned whitefish into fillets, removing as much as possible of the bone. Season with salt and pepper, dip into beaten egg, then in crumbs, then in beaten egg, then in crumbs, and lastly [Page 444] in beaten egg. Bake in a thickly buttered baking-dish, drain on brown paper, garnish with fried parsley, and serve with Parsley Sauce.

BAKED WHITEFISH A LA BORDEAUX

Stuff a large whitefish with seasoned crumbs, put into a buttered baking-pan, rub with butter, dredge with seasoned flour, add one cupful of Claret, and bake. Take up the fish, strain the liquid, add a little more Claret, thicken with flour, brown in butter, season with red pepper, and serve separately.

STUFFED WHITEFISH

Make a stuffing of bread-crumbs, seasoning with salt, pepper, sweet herbs, and melted butter. Add a beaten egg to bind, stuff the fish, and sew up. Bake slowly, basting with melted butter and water, and serve with Tartar Sauce.

STUFFED WHITEFISH WITH OYSTER SAUCE

Make a stuffing of two cupfuls of bread-crumbs, half a cupful of chopped salt pork fried crisp, a chopped hard-boiled egg, half a cupful of vinegar, and salt, pepper, butter, sage, and mustard to season. Stuff the fish, tie in mosquito netting, and steam until [Page 445] done. Pour over a Cream Sauce to which cooked oysters and a little lemon-juice and minced parsley have been added.

WHITEFISH A LA CREME--I

Cook the fish until done in boiling salted water, drain, and remove the large bones. Cook together two tablespoonfuls each of butter and flour, add two cupfuls of milk, and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Season with salt, pepper, grated onion, minced parsley, and grated nutmeg, take from the fire and add half a cupful of butter. Add also the white of an egg well-beaten. Put the fish on a serving-dish, spread the sauce over it and brown in the oven.

WHITEFISH A LA CREME--II

Clean a whitefish and simmer until done in salted, boiling water. Drain, remove the large bones. Put into a buttered baking-pan, sprinkle with chopped onion and minced parsley, seasoning with grated nutmeg, salt, and pepper. Cover with Cream Sauce to which three tablespoonfuls of butter have been added, and put into a hot oven for ten or fifteen minutes.

[Page 446] WHITEFISH AU GRATIN--I

Boil a whitefish in salted water and flake fine with a fork. Bring to the boil two cupfuls of milk and thicken it with a tablespoonful of corn-starch rubbed smooth in a little cold water. Take from the fire, add salt and pepper to season, two tablespoonfuls of butter, and two eggs well-beaten. Butter a baking-dish, put in a layer of fish, cover with sauce, season with grated nutmeg, and repeat until the dish is full. Cover with crumbs, dot with butter, and brown in the oven.

WHITEFISH AU GRATIN--II

Skin and bone the fish, cut into small squares, and season with salt and pepper. Brown two tablespoonfuls of flour in butter, and add gradually two cupfuls of stock or milk. Cook until thick, stirring constantly, seasoning with salt, pepper, lemon-juice, minced parsley, grated onion, and a tablespoonful of vinegar. Butter a baking-dish, put in a layer of the fish, cover with sauce, and repeat until the dish is full. Cover with crumbs, dot with butter, and brown in the oven.

WHITEFISH A LA MAITRE D'HOTEL

Clean, split, and bone a large whitefish, dip in seasoned oil, broil, [Page 447] and serve with Maitre d'Hotel Sauce.

WHITEFISH A LA POINT SHIRLEY

Clean, split, and bone the fish, and put into a buttered baking-pan, skin-side down. Season with salt, red pepper, and lemon-juice, add enough boiling water to keep from burning, and bake. Serve with Maitre d'Hotel Sauce.

PLANKED WHITEFISH--I

Butter a fish-plank and tack a large cleaned and split whitefish on it, skin side down. Rub with butter, season with salt and pepper, and cook in the oven or under a gas flame. Put a border of mashed potato mixed with the beaten white of egg around the fish, using a pastry tube and forcing bag. Put into the oven for a few minutes to brown the potato, and serve with a garnish of lemon and parsley.

PLANKED WHITEFISH--II

Clean and split a large whitefish, remove the bone, and tack on a buttered fish-plank, skin-side down. Season with salt, pepper, butter, and lemon-juice, and bake in the oven.

[Page 448] CREAMED WHITEFISH A LA MADISON

Steam a large whitefish until tender, take out the bones, and flake fine. Cook together one tablespoonful of butter and two of flour, add two cupfuls of milk, and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Season with parsley, thyme, grated onion, salt, and pepper, take from the fire, add two eggs well-beaten, and three tablespoonfuls of butter. Put in a buttered baking-dish a layer of fish, then a layer of sauce, and repeat until the dish is full, having crumbs and butter on top. Brown in the oven.

JELLIED WHITEFISH

Boil two pounds of whitefish in salted and acidulated water, with four bay-leaves, a tablespoonful of pepper-corns, and half a dozen cloves. Take out the fish, strain the liquid, and reduce by rapid boiling to a quantity barely sufficient to cover the fish. Add the juice of a lemon and two ounces of dissolved gelatine. Flake the fish with a fork, removing all skin, fat, and bone, mix with the liquid, pour into a fish mould, wet with cold water, and put on ice until firm. Serve with Mayonnaise or Tartar Sauce.

WHITEFISH CROQUETTES

One cupful of cold boiled fish flaked fine. [Page 449] Add to it half a cupful of mashed potatoes, half a cupful of bread-crumbs, half a cupful of cream, the beaten yolks of two eggs, and salt and pepper to season. Shape into croquettes, dip into the beaten white of eggs, then into crumbs, and fry in deep fat. Garnish with parsley and serve with any preferred sauce.

WHITEFISH WITH FINE HERBS

Put a large whitefish in a buttered baking-pan with salt, pepper, grated nutmeg, minced parsley, chopped onions, and mushrooms to season. Moisten with white wine and white stock, and bake, basting frequently. Cover with Veloute Sauce, sprinkle with crumbs, dot with butter, bake brown, squeeze lemon-juice over, and serve.