246. Skate

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
Source
The Modern Housewife
Time
Cook: 20 min Total: 20 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (5)
Instructions (6)
  1. Procure two or three slices of skate, tie them with string to keep the shape in boiling.
  2. Put them into a kettle of boiling water, in which you have put a good handful of salt.
  3. Boil gently about twenty minutes (have ready also a piece of the liver, which boil with them).
  4. When done, drain well, and put them upon a dish without a napkin.
  5. Put three parts of a pint of melted butter in a stewpan, place it upon the fire.
  6. When quite hot add a wineglassful of capers, sauce over, and serve.
Original Text
246. Skate.—Procure two or three slices, tie them with string to keep the shape in boiling, put them into a kettle of boiling water, in which you have put a good handful of salt; boil gently about twenty minutes (have ready also a piece of the liver, which boil with them); when done, drain well, and put them upon a dish without a napkin; put three parts of a pint of melted butter in a stewpan, place it upon the fire, and when quite hot add a wineglassful of capers, sauce over, and serve.
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