Soles, To Choose
This fish should be both thick and firm. If the skin is difficult to be taken off, and the flesh looks grey, it is good.
Soles, Baked. INGREDIENTS for dish for 4 or 5 persons.-2 soles, 1/4 lb. of butter, egg and bread-crumbs, minced parsley, 1 glass of sherry, lemon-juice; cayenne and salt to taste. AVERAGE COST, 2s. 3d.
Clean, skin and well wash the fish, and dry them thoroughly in a cloth. Brush them over with egg, sprinkle with breadcrumbs mixed with a little minced parsley, lay them in a large flat baking-dish, white side uppermost; or if it will not hold the two soles, they may each be laid on a dish by itself; but they must not be put one on the top of the other. Melt the butter, and pour it over the whole, and bake for 20 minutes. Take a portion of the gravy that flows from the fish, add the wine, SOLES, TO CARVE. lemon-juice and seasoning, give it one boil, skim, pour it under the fish, and serve.
TIME.-20 minutes.
SEASONABLE at any time.