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To Boil Halibut

Halibut boiled in salted water wrapped in flannel cloth.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 3 ingredients
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To Boil Halibut

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wrap the halibut slice in a flannel cloth.

  2. Soak it in cold water with salt for flavor.

  3. Bring the water to a boil.

  4. Cook the halibut for 30 minutes after the water boils.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Halibut
Forms the main body of the dish, so its thickness sets how it cooks through.
Coarse sea salt
Seasons the fish during the soak, adding flavor to the flesh.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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