Baked Skate

A Plain Cookery Book for the Working ... · Francatelli, Charles Elmé · 1852

Source: A Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes
Time: Cook: 90 min Total: 90 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (8)

three onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
two ounces of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
half a pint of vinegar ↝ Vinegar [Mustard and other condiments]
pepper and salt ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
pepper and salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
the skate ↝ Fish, carp, raw [Finfish and Shellfish Products]
just enough water to reach to its surface ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a thick coating of bread-raspings

Instructions (4)

Chop three onions, and fry them of a light-brown colour in two ounces of butter.
Add half a pint of vinegar, pepper and salt, and allow the whole to boil on the fire for five minutes.
Put the skate in a baking dish, pour the sauce over it, and also just enough water to reach to its surface.
Strew a thick coating of bread-raspings on the fish, and bake it for an hour and a half at rather moderate heat.

Original Text

No. 129. Baked Skate.

Chop three onions, and fry them of a light-brown colour in two ounces of butter, then add half a pint of vinegar, pepper and salt, and allow the whole to boil on the fire for five minutes. Put the skate in a baking dish, pour the sauce over it, and also just enough water to reach to its surface. Strew a thick coating of bread-raspings on the fish, and bake it for an hour and a half at rather moderate heat.

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