Les Merlans Bercy

Whiting Bercy

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Countess Morphy

Published 1935

  • About

This is one of the specialities of Ile-de-France, and is a delicious way of cooking whiting or cod.

Ingredients

  • A few whiting
  • ¼ lb. of mushrooms, shallots, parsley
  • 1

Method

Put a small piece of butter, worked with chopped parsley and shallot, in each whiting, and lay the fish in a buttered fireproof dish, on a layer of chopped shallots and parsley. Season with salt and pepper, add the bayleaf, the white wine, the mushrooms, previously cooked in butter and chopped. Dot with pats of butter, and cook for about 20 minutes in a moderate oven. Serve in