POTTED SALMON

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861

Source: The Book of Household Management
Time: Cook: 30 min Total: 30 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (7)

Salmon ↝ Fish, salmon, raw [Fish]
pounded mace ↝ Spices, mace, ground [Spices and Herbs]
cloves ↝ Garlic, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
pepper to taste ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
3 bay-leaves ↝ Spices, bay leaf [Spices and Herbs]
1/4 lb. butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

for serving

clarified butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]

Instructions (7)

Skin the salmon, and clean it thoroughly by wiping with a cloth (water would spoil it).
Cut it into square pieces, which rub with salt.
Let them remain till thoroughly drained.
Lay them in a dish with the other ingredients, and bake.
When quite done, drain them from the gravy.
Press into pots for use.
When cold, pour over it clarified butter.

Original Text

POTTED SALMON.

309. INGREDIENTS.—Salmon; pounded mace, cloves, and pepper to taste; 3 bay-leaves, 1/4 lb. butter.

Mode.—Skin the salmon, and clean it thoroughly by wiping with a cloth (water would spoil it); cut it into square pieces, which rub with salt; let them remain till thoroughly drained, then lay them in a dish with the other ingredients, and bake. When quite done, drain them from the gravy, press into pots for use, and, when cold, pour over it clarified butter.

Time.—1/2 hour.

AN AVERSION IN THE SALMON.—The salmon is said to have an aversion to anything red; hence, fishermen engaged in catching it do not wear jackets or caps of that colour. Pontoppidan also says, that it has an abhorrence of carrion, and if any happens to be thrown into the places it haunts, it immediately forsakes them. The remedy adopted for this in Norway, is to throw into the polluted water a lighted torch. As food, salmon, when in perfection, is one of the most delicious and nutritive of our fish.

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