To Bake Smelts

Original Recipe

Wash and dry them thoroughly in a cloth, and arrange them nicely in a flat baking-dish; the pan should be buttered, also the fish; season with salt and pepper, and cover with bread or cracker crumbs. Place a piece of butter over each. Bake for fifteen or twenty minutes. Garnish with fried parsley and cut lemon.

Ingredients

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  • 1 cloth
  • 1 piece of butter over each

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Instructions

  1. 1

    Wash and dry them thoroughly in a cloth, and arrange them nicely in a flat baking-dish; the pan should be buttered, also the fish; season with salt and pepper, and cover with bread or cracker crumbs.

  2. 2

    Place a piece of butter over each.

  3. 3

    Bake for fifteen or twenty minutes.

  4. 4

    Garnish with fried parsley and cut lemon.

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Recipe by Mrs. F.L. Gillette from The White House Cook Book (1887)