Baked Carp

Ingredients

• 1 carp
• forcemeat
• bread crumbs
• 1 oz butter
• 1/2 pint stock No. 105
• 1/2 pint port wine
• 6 anchovies
• 2 onions sliced
• 1 bay-leaf
• a faggot of sweet herbs
• flour to thicken
• the juice of 1 lemon
• cayenne and salt to taste
• 1/2 teaspoonful powdered sugar

Instructions

1. Stuff the carp with a delicate forcemeat, after thoroughly cleansing it, and sew it up to prevent the stuffing from falling out.
2. Rub it over with an egg, and sprinkle it with bread crumbs, lay it in a deep earthen dish, and drop the butter, oiled, over the bread crumbs.
3. Add the stock, onions, bay-leaf, herbs, wine, and anchovies, and bake for 1 hour.
4. Put 1 oz. of butter into a stewpan, melt it, and dredge in sufficient flour to dry it up;
5. put in the strained liquor from the carp, stir frequently, and when it has boiled, add the lemon-juice and seasoning.
6. Serve the carp on a dish garnished with parsley and cut lemon, and the sauce in a boat.