248. Pike

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

pike ↝ Fish, pike, walleye, raw [Finfish and Shellfish Products]
fillets of anchovies
chopped lemon-peel ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
egg ↝ Eggs, Grade A, Large, egg whole [Dairy and Egg Products]
bread-crumbs ↝ Bread, crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned [Baked Products]

for stuffing

stuff the interior as directed for haddocks, only adding some fillets of anchovies and chopped lemon-peel with it ↝ Fish, haddock, raw [Finfish and Shellfish Products]

for serving

sauce round as directed for baked haddock above referred to ↝ Fish, haddock, baked or broiled [Fish]

Instructions (8)

Clean the pike as directed above.
Stuff the interior as directed for haddocks, only adding some fillets of anchovies and chopped lemon-peel with it.
Curl the pike round and put in a baking-dish.
Spread a little butter all over the pike.
Put in a moderate oven.
When about half done, egg over with a paste-brush, and sprinkle bread-crumbs upon it.
A middling-sized pike will take about an hour, but that according to the size and the heat of the oven.
When done, dress upon a dish without a napkin, and sauce round as directed for baked haddock above referred to.

Original Text

248. Pike.—Clean as directed above, stuff the interior as directed for haddocks, only adding some fillets of anchovies and chopped lemon-peel with it; curl round and put in a baking-dish, spread a little butter all over, put in a moderate oven, when about half done egg over with a paste-brush, and sprinkle bread-crumbs upon it; a middling-sized pike will take about an hour, but that according to the size and the heat of the oven; when done, dress upon a dish without a napkin, and sauce round as directed for baked haddock above referred to.

Notes

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