Shad, Touraine Fashion

Ingredients

• 1 shad
• forcemeat No. 1 or No. 2
• shad roe
• butter
• caper sauce or chili vinegar and melted butter

Instructions

1. Empty and wash the shad with care, taking care not to open it more than necessary.
2. Fill the cavity with forcemeat (No. 1 or No. 2 from Chapter VIII) and its own roe.
3. Sew the fish closed, or fasten it securely with very fine skewers.
4. Wrap it thickly in buttered paper.
5. Broil gently over a charcoal fire for about an hour, or until cooked through according to size.
6. Serve with caper sauce, or with chili vinegar and melted butter.