A good way to stew Fish

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
Status
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Not a recipe
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Ingredients (11)
Stew liquid
Thickener and flavoring for gravy
Instructions (8)
  1. Mix half a tumbler of wine with as much water as will cover the fish in the stew-pan.
  2. Put in a little pepper and salt, three or four onions, a crust of bread toasted very brown, one anchovy, a good lump of butter.
  3. Set them over a gentle fire.
  4. Shake the stew-pan now and then, that it may not burn.
  5. Just before you serve it up, pour your gravy into a sauce-pan.
  6. Thicken it with a little butter rolled in flour, a little catchup and walnut pickle beat well together till smooth.
  7. Pour it on your fish.
  8. Set it over the fire to heat, and serve it up hot.
Original Text
A good way to stew Fish. MIX half a tumbler of wine with as much water as will cover the fish in the stew-pan, and put in a little pepper and salt, three or four onions, a crust of bread toasted very brown, one anchovy, a good lump of butter, and set them over a gentle fire, shake the stew-pan now and then, that it may not burn; just before you serve it up, pour your gravy into a sauce-pan, and thicken it with a little butter rolled in flour, a little catchup and walnut pickle beat well to- gether till smooth, then pour it on your fish, and set it over the fire to heat, and serve it up hot.
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