Florence White

Bloater Paste

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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By Florence White

Published 1932

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Ingredients

  • Dried red herrings 16
  • fresh butter 1 lb.
  • ground mace 4

Method

  1. Pour boiling water on the red herrings and cook them for a few minutes, lift out and drain well; head, tail, skin and bone fish, discard roes.
  2. Chop very fine.
  3. Put all the flesh twice through the mincer.
  4. Work the butter well in (if possible pound the mixture in a mortar).
  5. Add the spices and anchovy sauce last of all