Pawaru-Grahmata

№ 54III. nodaļa

Sams ar citronēm un pētersiljēm

Catfish braised with lemon, parsley and white wine

  • Serves 4
  • about 1 hour, including soaking
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1796Sams ar zitrohnehm un pehtersiljehm.

Modernizētslpp. 163–164 · PDF 177–178
4 porcijas

The book gives a spicglāze (a small conical wine glass) of white wine, which we take as about 100 ml; the other amounts are ours.

Method

7 soļi
  1. Soak the catfish steaks in cold water for 30 minutes.
  2. Put them in a pan with fresh cold water to cover and the salt. Bring slowly to the boil, skim well, then drain at once.
  3. Rub a wide, shallow flameproof dish or sauté pan with half the butter and lay half the lemon slices in it. Sprinkle with half the parsley and half the mace.
  4. Lay the fish on top in one layer. Cover with the rest of the lemon slices, parsley and mace, and dot with the rest of the butter.
  5. Cover and cook over low heat for 10–12 minutes (or in the oven at 180 °C for about 15 minutes), until the fish is almost done.
  6. Pour in the wine and sprinkle the breadcrumbs over. Simmer uncovered for 3–5 minutes, until the crumbs have thickened the juices and the fish is 63 °C at the thickest part.
  7. Serve straight from the dish.

Notes

What the book says vs. what we added

the half-hour soak, the brief boil with skimming, the layers of butter, lemon, parsley and mace above and below the fish, the covered braising and the final glass of white wine and breadcrumbs are all the book's. The amounts, times and the oven option are ours.

The top layer

the book prints "lemon butter, parsley and mace" with no comma, but the top layer seems meant to repeat the bottom one: lemon, butter, parsley and mace. We read it that way.

Wine glass

a Spitzglas was a conical stemmed glass for wine or spirits; 100 ml is our estimate.

Lemon

sliced lemon cooked with its peel turns a little bitter if left too long; don't braise for more than 20 minutes in all.

Catfish

substitutes as in 03-053. The book adds that catfish can be cooked in all the ways given for sturgeon (03-046 to 03-051).

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