To Pot a Pike

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
Source
The Art Of Cookery
Time
Cook: 60 min Total: 60 min
Status
success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (6)
  1. Scale the pike, cut off the head, split it and take out the chine-bone.
  2. Strew all over the inside some bay-salt and pepper.
  3. Roll it up round, and lay it in a pot.
  4. Cover it, and bake it an hour.
  5. Then take it out, and lay it on a courſe cloth to drain.
  6. When it is cold, put it into your pot, and cover it with clarified butter.
Original Text
To Pot a Pike. YOU muſt ſcale it, cut off the head, ſplit it and take out the chine-bone, then ſtrew all over the inſide ſome bay-ſalt and pepper, roll it up round, and lay it in a pot. Cover it, and bake it an hour. Then take it out, and lay it on a courſe cloth to drain; when it is cold, put it into your pot, and cover it with clarified butter.
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