To fry Eels

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747

Source: The Art Of Cookery
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Ingredients (7)

Eels ↝ Fish, eel [Fish]
pepper ↝ Spices, pepper, black [Spices and Herbs]
salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
flour ↝ Flour, 00 [Cereal Grains and Pasta]
butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
plain butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
juice of lemon ↝ Lemon juice, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]

Instructions (7)

Make them very clean.
Cut them into pieces.
Season them with pepper and salt.
Flour them.
Fry them in butter.
Let your sauce be plain butter melted, with the juice of lemon.
Be sure they be well drained from the fat before you lay them in the dish.

Original Text

To fry Eels.
MAKE them very clean, cut them into pieces, season them with pepper and salt, flour them and fry them in butter. Let your sauce be plain butter melted, with the juice of lemon. Be sure they be well drained from the fat before you lay them in the dish.

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