Baked Halibut with Cheese and Parsley Sauce

Name: Baked Halibut with Cheese and Parsley Sauce
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: juice of ½ lemon; 2 tablespoons single cream finely chopped parsley; 2 oz (50 g) grated Cheddar cheese; freshly milled pepper; 2 tablespoons milk; 1½–2 lb (700 g–1 kg) halibut steak; ½ pint (3 dl) milk; salt; 1 oz (25 g) flour; 1 oz (25 g) butter; ½ oz (15 g) butter

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Times Cookery Book

By Katie Stewart

Published 1974

About

Ingredients

1½–2 lb (700 g–1 kg) halibut steak
salt

Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Rinse the fish and place the steaks in a large, well-buttered baking dish. Season with salt and squeeze over the lemon juice. Add the milk and place a small nut of butter on each steak. Cover the dish with buttered paper, place in the centre of a moderate oven (350°F, 180°C or Gas No. 4) and bake for 45 minutes, until fish is white and flakes easily from the bone.

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