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Flounder Fillet with Shrimp Sauce

Erken's recipe for oven-baked flounder fillet arranged in a ring with cleaned shrimp in the center, covered by a rich shrimp sauce made from a milk sauce with veal, cream, and homemade fish stock of flounder bones, onion, parsley, white wine, and lemon.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1914-utg. s. 84 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

From the fish chapter of Henriette Schønberg Erken's Stor kokebok (1914). A festive flounder dish where trimmings and bones are used for an aromatic fish stock, which in turn flavors a rich shrimp sauce — a good example of the era's complete use of the raw ingredient.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Filleting

    Cut the fillets from the flounder. Save the bones and skin for the stock.

  2. 2

    Fish stock

    Place the butter in the bottom of a pot, then the onion, parsley, and fish bones/skin. Drizzle the lemon juice over. Put on a lid and set the pot over low heat; shake often.

  3. 3

    Simmer the stock

    Pour in the white wine and let it cook 5 minutes without a lid. Add the cold water, bring to a boil, and let the stock simmer at low heat for 20 minutes. Strain.

  4. 4

    Bake the fillets

    Place the fillets together in a well-greased, ovenproof dish, sprinkle with salt, and pour on just enough strained fish stock to cover. Put a lid over (not paper) and set the dish in a hot oven (about 200 °C (390 °F)) for 25–30 minutes.

  5. 5

    Sauce base

    Stir the butter and flour together for a quarter of an hour without browning. When the roux is nearly cold, thin with the boiling milk seasoned with salt, pepper, and chopped onion.

  6. 6

    Cook the sauce

    Add the small-cut veal and let everything cook 15–30 minutes. Strain the sauce.

  7. 7

    Finish the sauce

    Add the cream and 1 dl fish bouillon and let the sauce cook 20 minutes. Take the pot off the heat and stir in the shrimp butter and cleaned shrimp.

  8. 8

    Arrangement

    Arrange the fillets in a ring on a warm platter, so each one overlaps the next a little. Fill the center with cleaned shrimp and cover the whole with the shrimp sauce.

Changes from the original

Measurements have been converted to modern units (deciliters, liters, grams). "Rusk" and other old word forms are kept in the transcription but modernized in the steps. Shrimp butter can be replaced with butter stirred with finely chopped shrimp. The oven is given with a temperature (about 200 °C (390 °F)).

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4 flyndrer 1 l. reker. Filetene utskjæres, og fiskebenene og skinnet settes over efterfølgende opskrift: Til fiskebuljong: x kg. fiskeben 2 l. vann 1. vand 30 gr. persille 125 gr. løk 1 del. hvit vin 1/2 sitron citron 60 gr. smør. Smøret legges smør 1 1. ræker. Til sausen: 70 gr. smør 70 gr. hvetemel 1 1. kokende melk 60 gr. kalvekjøt 5 gr. salt 1 knivsod pepper 1 hakket løk 1 del. fløte 1 del. fiskebuljong 30 gr. rækesmør 30 gr. ræker. Fileterne utskjæres og fiskeben og skind sættes over efterfølgende opskrift: Smørret lægges i bunnen bunden av gryten, derefter løk, persille og fiskebenene. Sitronaften fisken, citronsaften dryppes over. Lokk legges på, over fiskebenene. Lok lægges paa, og gryten settes sættes over svak varme, må maa rystes ofte, påhelles paaheldes vinen, koker 5 minutter uten lokk, tilsettes lok, tilsættes det kolde vann. vand. Fra det koker op igjen, fortsettes kokingen fortsættes kokningen ved svak varme i 20 minutter. Fiskefiletene legges Fiskefileterne lægges sammen og legges lægges i godt smurt omelettfat, påstrøes omeletfat, paastrøes salt og dekkes så vidt dækkes saavidt med den silte silede fiskebuljong. Lokk legges Lok lægges over — ikke papir — og fatet settes sættes i varm ovn 25—30 minutter. Serveres på paa varmt fat, idet den ene legges lægges litt på paa den annen, legges anden, lægges i ring, og i midten fylles fyldes de rensede reker. ræker. Det hele dekkes dækkes med rekesaus eller aspargessaus. Til rekesaus: 70 gr. smør 70 gr. hvetemel 1 l. kokende melk 60 gr. kalvekjøtt salt i knivsodd pepper i knivsodd hakket løk. rækesaus: Smør og mel røres sammen 1/4 time, må maa ikke brunes. Den kokende melk, tilsatt en knivsodd tilsat salt, pepper og løk, helles i når heldes i, naar jevningen er omtrent kold; det småskårne kalvekjøtt hases smaaskaarne kalvekjøt haves i, og alt koker 1/4—1/2 time, time. Sausen siles, tilsettes: 1 del. fløte 1 dd. fiskebuljong 30 gr. rekesmør 30 gr. reker. Efterdat tilsættes fløten og fiskebuljongen. Efterat fløten og fiskebuljongen er tilsatt, tilsat, koker sausen 20 minutter, eller til den er jevn, tas tages av varmen ilden og irøres rekesmør og reker. Serveres med tomat, agurk rækesmør og asparges. ræker.

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Frequently asked questions

What fish and how many do I need?
The recipe uses 4 flounder, which are filleted. The bones and skin are used for fish bouillon together with 1 kg of fish bones.
How do I make the fish bouillon?
Place butter in the bottom of the pot, then onion, parsley, and fish bones/skin, and drizzle over the juice of 1/2 lemon. Put on a lid and let it sit over low heat, shaking often. Pour in 1 dl white wine, cook 5 minutes without a lid, add 2 liters cold water, and continue cooking at low heat for 20 minutes after it comes to a boil.
What does the shrimp sauce consist of?
A white sauce of 70 g butter, 70 g flour, and 1 liter boiling milk, flavored with 60 g veal, salt, pepper, and chopped onion, and thinned with 1 dl cream and 1 dl fish bouillon. Finally, 30 g shrimp butter and 30 g shrimp are stirred in.
How long does the dish take?
Count on about 2 hours in all, including filleting, stock-making (about 25 minutes), and the sauce. The recipe is from Schønberg Erken's Stor kokebok (1914), p. 84, and serves 6.

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