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Kingfish Au Gratin

Scale, trim, wash and wipe two fresh one-and-a-half-pound kingfish. Cut off heads, split in two through back, remove spinal bone and place them in a baking dish, add half an ounce butter, half gill white wine, half teaspoon salt, two saltspoons white pepper and the juice of a quarter lemon. Cover fish with a buttered paper, set in oven for fifteen minutes, remove, pour gravy into a saucepan and let reduce on range to a glaze. Prepare an Italian sauce add to gravy pan, mix well, pour sauce and sprinkle a little grated Parmesan cheese over fish, and set in oven for fifteen minutes. Remove, cut a small lemon in halves, then finely slice it, pick out seeds, arrange slices one beside another around the dish and serve.