Potted Fish
Ingredients
Directions
Remove the fins and head from the fish.
Clean the fish well and cut it into slices about 1 inch thick.
Pack the fish slices in a small jar with a cover, layering them.
Between each layer, add 1 teaspoon of whole spices.
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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