{"id":4741,"slug":"fillet-of-sole-under-glass","title":"Fillet of sole under glass.","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["Fillets of sole (or other fish)","Toast","Salt and pepper","Three fresh mushroom heads (per portion)","A piece of butter about the size of an egg","The juice of half a lemon","Finely-chopped parsley","Velouté sauce","A spoonful of white wine","Butter (for greasing the dish)"],"ingredients_norm":["sole","toast","salt and pepper","fresh mushroom head","butter about the size of egg","juice of half lemon","parsley","veloute sauce","white wine","butter"],"steps":["Cut the fillets into pieces two inches square.","Into a buttered shirred egg dish put a piece of toast; on top of this place the fish, season with salt and pepper, put three fresh mushroom heads on each portion of fish, add a piece of butter about the size of an egg, and over all squeeze the juice of half a lemon, and sprinkle with finely-chopped parsley.","Cover with a glass cover, such as used for mushrooms, put in a moderate oven and cook for twenty minutes; being careful that the oven is not hot enough to burn the toast.","Then take from the oven, pour velouté sauce and a spoonful of white wine over each portion, and return, to cook for another five minutes.","Any other fish may be substituted for sole, if desired."],"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:w31:16","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"0fed1a7d851d859e40c4ac171f8d2fbff5e13a001278ecb43810059c82fc3a1c","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:38:32Z","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/fillet-of-sole-under-glass"}