Pike stuffed, to boil

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840

Source: The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory;: In Which will Be Found a Large Collection of Original Receipts. 3rd ed.
Time: Cook: 40 min Total: 40 min
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (11)

stuffing

finely grated bread ↝ Bread, vegetable [Yeast breads]
all sorts of sweet-herbs, particularly thyme ↝ Onions, sweet, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
some onions ↝ Onions, raw [Vegetables and Vegetable Products]
grated lemon-peel ↝ Lemon peel, raw [Fruits and Fruit Juices]
oysters chopped small ↝ Oysters, raw [Shellfish]
a piece of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
the boiled yolk of two eggs ↝ Egg, yolk only, raw [Eggs and omelets]
a sufficient quantity of suet to hold the ingredients together ↝ Beef, variety meats and by-products, suet, raw [Beef Products]

boiling liquid

pump water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
two spoonfuls of vinegar ↝ Vinegar [Mustard and other condiments]
a handful of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]

Instructions (6)

Clean a large pike; take out the gills.
Prepare a stuffing with finely grated bread, all sorts of sweet-herbs, particularly thyme, some onions, grated lemon-peel, oysters chopped small, a piece of butter, the boiled yolk of two eggs, and a sufficient quantity of suet to hold the ingredients together.
Put them into the fish, and sew it up.
Turn the tail into the mouth.
Boil it in pump water, with two spoonfuls of vinegar and a handful of salt.
It will take forty minutes to boil, if a large fish.

Original Text

Pike stuffed, to boil.

Clean a large pike; take out the gills; prepare a stuffing with finely grated bread, all sorts of sweet-herbs, particularly thyme, some onions, grated lemon-peel, oysters chopped small, a piece of butter, the boiled yolk of two eggs, and a sufficient quantity of suet to hold the ingredients together. Put them into the fish, and sew it up. Turn the tail into the mouth, and boil it in pump water, with two spoonfuls of vinegar and a handful of salt. It will take forty minutes to boil, if a large fish.

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