Baked Sturgeon

Ingredients

• 1 small sturgeon
• salt and pepper to taste
• 1 small bunch of herbs
• the juice of 1/2 lemon
• 1/4 lb butter
• 1 pint white wine

Instructions

1. Cleanse the fish thoroughly, skin it, and split it along the belly without separating it; have ready a large baking-dish, in which lay the fish, sprinkle over the seasoning and herbs very finely minced, and moisten it with the lemon-juice and wine.
2. Place the butter in small pieces over the whole of the fish, put it in the oven, and baste frequently; brown it nicely, and serve with its own gravy.