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Soles in Batter

A historic Canadian dish of pair of soles, flour, pepper and salt, butter and lard. Adapted from Soles in Batter, from The Canadian Family Cook Book (1914).

Adapted from Soles in Batter, in The Canadian Family Cook Book (1914), preserved in the Open Recipe Archive's The Canadian Kitchen collection and marked public domain. The method is condensed from the original and the quantities are restated in modern units; see the archive record at https://github.com/AdamBouhmad/open-recipe-archive/blob/main/collections/canadian-kitchen/recipes/soles-in-batter.md.

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Soles in Batter

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Cooking Instructions

  1. Fillet the soles, and cut each fillet in two pieces

  2. Sprinkle them with pepper and salt

  3. Make a light batter with the above ingredients, taking care that it is not very thin

  4. Dip each piece of fish into this, and fry quickly in boiling fat to a golden brown

  5. Arrange them in a circle, one overlapping the other, on a hot dish

  6. Garnish with fresh or fried parsley

  7. Serve as soon as cooked

  8. Melted butter may be sent to table with them in a tureen, if liked

Adapted from Open Recipe Archive · The Canadian Family Cook Book (1914; archive record marked public domain). View a published recipe at Internet Archive (opens in a new tab)