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John Dory, Baked

Clean, dry, and flour a small fish, season it with pepper and salt, and sprinkle a little finely-minced parsley over it. Brush it well with clarified butter, and place it in a well-buttered baking-dish. Pour a glass of light wine over it, and bake in a moderate oven. For sauce, beat the yolks of two eggs, put them into a saucepan with two ounces of butter, the strained juice of half a fresh lemon, two table-spoonfuls of cold water, half a salt-spoonful of salt, a grain of cayenne, and a small pinch of powdered mace. Stir well until the sauce nearly boils. If the boiling point is reached the sauce will curdle. Send it to table poured over the fish, and garnish with cut lemon and parsley. Time, twenty minutes to bake. Probable cost, uncertain. Sufficient for two or three persons.