243. Sole a la Meunière

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 12 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

a sole ↝ Fish, flatfish (flounder and sole species), raw [Finfish and Shellfish Products]
half a tablespoonful of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
chopped onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
two ounces of fresh butter ↝ Asparagus, fresh, cooked with butter or margarine [Other vegetables and combinations]
the juice of a lemon ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
a little cayenne ↝ Peppers, raw, NFS [Other vegetables and combinations]

Instructions (7)

Cut the fins off a sole, and make four incisions across it upon each side with a knife.
Rub half a tablespoonful of salt and chopped onions well into it.
Dip in flour, and broil it over a slow fire.
Have ready two ounces of fresh butter, mixed with the juice of a lemon, and a little cayenne.
Rub the butter mixture over the sole, previously laid in a hot dish, without a napkin.
Turn the fish over once or twice.
Put it in the oven a minute, and serve very hot.

Original Text

243. Sole a la Meunière.—Cut the fins off a sole, and make four incisions across it upon each side with a knife, then rub half a tablespoonful of salt and chopped onions well into it, dip in flour, and broil it over a slow fire; also have ready two ounces of fresh butter, mixed with the juice of a lemon, and a little cayenne, which rub over the sole, previously laid in a hot dish, without a napkin, turn the fish over once or twice, put it in the oven a minute, and serve very hot.

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