Fish (An old Dutch Recipe)

Ingredients

• fish
• 1 spoonful butter
• flour
• pepper
• salt
• 1 tablespoonful onion, chopped
• parsley
• 1 blade mace
• 1 tablespoonful anchovy essence
• 1 cup water

Instructions

1. Place the fish in a tin baking-pan with a good spoonful of butter.
2. Dredge with flour, pepper, and salt.
3. Add one tablespoonful of chopped onion, some parsley, one blade of mace, and either one tablespoonful of anchovy essence or two tablespoonfuls of tomato sauce.
4. Pour one cup of water into the pan.
5. Put the pan into the oven and let it stew for twenty minutes.
6. Serve.