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Whiting baked in a dish

Whiting baked in an ovenproof dish on onion and parsley with fish stock and cold butter, optionally with tomatoes, spinach or mushrooms around it, until cooked in a hot oven. From Erken's Big Cookbook (1949), p. 115.

Source: Henriette Schønberg Erken, Stor kokebok, 1949-utg. s. 115 (falt i det fri)

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About the dish

A simple way of cooking fish in a single dish, served straight from the dish. The text gives no quantity of fish.

How to make it

  1. 1

    Butter the dish

    Butter an ovenproof dish and sprinkle a little chopped onion and parsley over the bottom.

  2. 2

    Add the fish

    Lay the fish in the dish. Pour over 1-2 dl fish stock and dot plenty of cold butter over the fish.

  3. 3

    Add vegetables

    Vegetables such as tomatoes, spinach or mushrooms can be placed around the fish.

  4. 4

    Bake

    Put the dish in a hot oven until the fish is cooked. Serve in the dish.

Changes from the original

'å' in the stock quantity is read as 'to', giving 1-2 dl. No oven temperature is given in the original and none has been added.

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Modernised → 1949 (proofread, p. 115)~73% of the text changedremovedadded
hvitting (mengde ikke oppgitt). smør (til fatet, og rikelig kaldt smør over fisken). løk (hakket, litt). persille (hakket, litt). 1 dl fiskekraft (1–2 dl). tomater, spinat eller sopp (valgfritt, legges rundt fisken). Smør et ildfast det ildfaste fat og strø litt hakket løk og persille i bunnen.. Legg bunnen av fatet; fisken i fatet. Hell over 1–2 dl legges i, litt fiskekraft helles i, ca. 1 å 2 del., og fordel ganske rikelig med kaldt smør over fisken.. koldt smør. Grønnsaker som tomater, spinat eller spinat, sopp kan legges rundt fisken.. Sett fatet omkring. Settes i varm ovn til fisken er gjennomstekt. Server kokt. Serveres i formen.

Note on Modernised

«å» i mengden fiskekraft er tolket som «til», altså 1–2 dl. Ovnstemperatur er ikke oppgitt i originalen og er ikke lagt til.

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Frequently asked questions

How much fish stock is needed?
The book gives about 1-2 dl in the dish.
What can be placed around the fish?
Vegetables such as tomatoes, spinach or mushrooms.
How is it served?
It is served in the dish it was baked in.

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