{"id":5561,"slug":"baked-whitefish-st-menehould","title":"Baked whitefish, St. Menehould.","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["four pounds of whitefish (bass or other fish may be used)","two quarts of water","a spoonful of salt","one quart of cream sauce","grated Swiss or Parmesan cheese","butter","the juice of two lemons"],"ingredients_norm":["whitefish","water","salt","cream sauce","swiss or parmesan cheese","butter","juice of lemon"],"steps":["Take four pounds of whitefish (bass or other fish may be used), put in a vessel with two quarts of water and a spoonful of salt, and boil for five minutes.","Then drain off the water, remove the skin and bones, and break the fish in two inch pieces.","Make one quart of cream sauce.","In a buttered baking dish put one spoonful of cream sauce, then one-third of the fish; cover with cream sauce; then another third of the fish; cover with sauce; and then the remainder of the fish, and pour the remainder of the sauce on top.","The sauce should be highly seasoned.","Sprinkle the top with grated Swiss or Parmesan cheese, put small bits of butter on top, and bake in oven for fifteen or twenty minutes.","Sprinkle with the juice of two lemons, and serve from the baking dish."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w84:5","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"3cfc8ee2f2dc5c4b8e804793a8a839a7f40a186a70348ebba86c2c165a3bf3b8","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:46:27Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/baked-whitefish-st-menehould"}