Baked fish la creme

Ingredients

• Three to five pieces of fish
• One quart of milk
• Four eggs
• Three tablespoons of flour
• One-fourth of a lb. of butter
• Parsley
• One onion
• Salt
• Breadcrumbs

Directions

1. Boil the fish in water, with salt.
2. Chop onion.
3. Boil quart of milk.
4. Beat four eggs in a bowl.
5. Pour boiled milk over beaten eggs,
6. Add chopped onions, parsley, and salt into mix.
7. Let it boil up, then strain.
8. Let it boil again.
9. Add three tablespoons of flour and four oz. of butter.
10. Stir until mixture is smooth.
11. Stop the boiling, creating the creme sauce.
12. Butter a dish, then add a layer of fish.
13. Add a layer of creme sauce, mixing the sauce with the fish.
14. Top off fish and sauce with a layer of breadcrumbs.
15. Bake for 30 minutes.

Source — Creole Cookery Book
Prepared by Christopher Gilbert
Louisiana Anthology
March 17, 2020