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Planked Pompano, Breslin

Procure two very fresh pompanos one and a half pounds each. Neatly trim and wipe, make a few incisions on both sides of the skin of each, evenly season with a teaspoon salt, half teaspoon paprika and half teaspoon curry powder. Completely oil the surface of an oak plank (board), lay the fish one beside another on the plank, baste with a little melted butter, set in the oven to bake for twenty minutes and remove to a table.

Have a brioche potato preparation. Place the potatoes in a pastry bag with a dentilated tube at the bottom, and by carefully pressing it down make a nice border around the edges of the plank. Finely slice ten medium-sized, peeled and thoroughly cleaned fresh mushrooms, one green pepper and four sound shallots, and lightly brown these articles in a frying pan with a tablespoon sweet oil for five minutes, then place them on top of the pompanos. Neatly arrange two finely sliced, peeled raw red tomatoes around the fish, sprinkle over half teaspoon salt, three saltspoons pepper, half teaspoon finely chopped parsley, one tablespoon fresh bread crumbs and the juice of half a lemon. Set in the oven to bake for twenty-five minutes, remove and serve.