American Medium Mrs. F.L. Gillette

Fish in White Sauce

Original Recipe

Flake up cold boiled halibut and set the plate into the steamer, that the fish may heat without drying. Boil the bones and skin of the fish with a slice of onion and a very small piece of red pepper; a bit of this the size of a kernel of coffee will make the sauce quite as hot as most persons like it. Boil this stock down to half a pint; thicken with one teaspoonful of butter and one teaspoonful of flour, mixed together. Add one drop of extract of almond. Pour this sauce over your halibut and stick bits of parsley over it.

Ingredients

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  • 1 bit of this the size of a kernel of coffee will make the sauce quite as hot as most persons like it
  • 1 pint
  • 1 teaspoonful of butter and one teaspoonful of flour
  • 1 drop of extract of almond

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Flake up cold boiled halibut and set the plate into the steamer, that the fish may heat without drying.

  2. 2

    Boil the bones and skin of the fish with a slice of onion and a _very_ small piece of red pepper; a bit of this the size of a kernel of coffee will make the sauce quite as hot as most persons like it.

  3. 3

    Boil this stock down to half a pint; thicken with one teaspoonful of butter and one teaspoonful of flour, mixed together.

  4. 4

    Add one drop of extract of almond.

  5. 5

    Pour this sauce over your halibut and stick bits of parsley over it.

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