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Boiled Fish

Fish boiled in a cloth with coarse sea salt.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Boiled Fish

Ingredients

Directions

Prepare

  1. Sew the fish in a cloth.

  2. Place the wrapped fish in cold water.

  3. Add plenty of coarse sea salt.

Cook

  1. Boil the fish for about 30 minutes.

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

Fish
Provides the main protein, which firms and turns opaque as it cooks in simmering water.
Coarse sea salt
Seasons the fish and water, lightly flavouring the flesh as it cooks.

“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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