Search
  
 
Time: Nearly 1 hour.

Ingredients
  1. 1 small sturgeon
  2. salt to taste
  3. pepper to taste
  4. 1 small bunch of herbs
  5. the juice of 1/2 lemon
  6. 1/4 lb. of butter
  7. 1 pint of white wine
Directions
  • Cleanse the fish thoroughly, skin it, and split it along the belly without separating it
  • Have ready a large baking-dish, in which lay the fish
  • Sprinkle over the seasoning and herbs very finely minced, and moisten it with the lemon-juice and wine
  • Place the butter in small pieces over the whole of the fish
  • Put it in the oven, and baste frequently
  • Brown it nicely, and serve with its own gravy

  • Source: The Book of Household Management by Isabella Beeton (1859)

    Comments (0)Don't be shy, tell us what you think!   
    Colonial Sense is an advocate for global consumer privacy rights, protection and security.
    All material on this website © copyright 2009-25 by Colonial Sense, except where otherwise indicated.
    ref:T5-S21-P37-C-M