Herrings with Mustard Sauce Recipe

You will need :-

4 large herrings

salt and pepper

1 oz. butter

1 oz. plain flour

2 teaspoons mustard

pinch curry powder

1 lemon, cut into wedges

few sprigs parsley

 

Preparation Time:- 15 minutes

 

Cooking Time:- 15 minutes

 

Remove heads and entrails from fish. Wash well. Remove scales, cut off fins and gills. Season well. Make 2 slits on each site of fish and grill for 10 minutes.

 

To make sauce, melt butter, add flour, mustard and curry powder. Mix well and cook for 2-3 minutes. Remove pan from heat and add stock or water, stirring all the time. Return to heat and bring to the boil, stirring until thickened. Correct seasoning.

 

Arrange fish on large platter. Garnish with lemon wedges or slices and parsley sprigs. Pour sauce into a decorative line over fish. Serves 4.

 

Quick Tip

 

To borne fish before cooking: make a slit from the belly to the tail. Remove entrails and swim bladder. Place the fish, cut side down, on a board and press knuckles along the backbone. Invert the fish and lift out the bones, from the tail end.

 

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