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Finnan Haddie

A smoked haddock fillet cooked in boiling water and butter.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Finnan Haddie

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Place the finnan haddie in a pan and cover it with boiling water.

  2. Boil for 5 minutes, then drain the water.

  3. Add the butter and stir the fish to coat both sides.

  4. Serve hot.

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

Finnan haddie
Is the main ingredient, a smoked haddock whose flesh is the dish itself.
Butter
Adds richness and a silky coating to the fish, carrying flavour and moisture.

“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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