The Epicurean
A Treatise on the Culinary Art — Charles Ranhofer of Delmonico’s — 1894
No. 1198

Spanish Mackerel with Crawfish—Fillets

Filets de Maquereau Espagnol aux ??ses

Lift up the fillets from six small and very ?? mackerel, season and cover the surfaces of the cut sides with a layer of pike forcemeat (No. 90), and fine herbs finished with a piece of red butter (No. 573); flatten the surfaces with the blade of a knife, range them as fast as they are done one beside the other on a well buttered baking pan, dredging fine, herbs on top; put them to cook in a moderate oven from ten to twelve minutes, basting them over with butter; remove and dress them on a dish, cover over with a little veloute sauce (No. 1145) reduced with crawfish broth and finished with red butter (No. 573), and lemon-juice. Rang a cluster of crawfish tails at each end of the dish and serve the remainder of the sauce separately.