Mrs Beetons Fish Recipes Revisited

Barbel

1 or 2 Barbels, according to size
285ml (½ pint) Port Wine
2 Onions, sliced
2 Anchovies
2 tbsp Vinegar
1 Small Bunch Sweet Herbs
1 Lemon, juice only
1 saltspoon Salt
Nutmeg and Mace, to taste

Boil the barbels in salted water until just cooked.
Pour off most of the water and remove the fish.
Add the remaining ingredients. to the water.
Simmer gently for 30 minutes or so.
Strain, replace the fish.
Heat gently, ensuring it does not boil, or it will be broken.

Time: Altogether 1 hour.
Sufficient for 4 persons.
Seasonable from September to November.

BARBEL

229. INGREDIENTS - 1/2 pint of port wine, a saltspoonful of salt, 2 tablespoonfuls of vinegar, 2 sliced onions, a faggot of sweet herbs, nutmeg and mace to taste, the juice of a lemon, 2 anchovies; 1 or 2 barbels, according to size.

Mode - Boil the barbels in salt and water till done; pour off some of the water, and, to the remainder, put the ingredients mentioned above. Simmer gently for 1/2 hour, or rather more, and strain. Put in the fish; heat it gradually; but do not let it boil, or it will be broken.

Sufficient for 4 persons.

Seasonable from September to November.

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Mrs Beetons Fish Recipes Revisited

Barbel

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