WHITING AU GRATIN, or BAKED WHITING

Ingredients

• 4 whiting
• butter
• 1 tablespoonful minced parsley
• a few chopped mushrooms when obtainable
• pepper
• salt, and grated nutmeg to taste
• butter
• 2 glass sherry or Madeira
• bread crumbs

Instructions

1. Grease the bottom of a baking-dish with butter, and over it, strew some minced parsley and mushrooms.
2. Scale, empty, and wash the whitings, and wipe them thoroughly dry, carefully preserving the livers.
3. Lay them in the dish, sprinkle them with bread crumbs and seasoning, adding a little grated nutmeg, and also a little more minced parsley and mushrooms.
4. Place small pieces of butter over the whiting, moisten with the wine, and bake for 20 minutes in a hot oven.
5. If there should be too much sauce, reduce it by boiling over a sharp fire for a few minutes, and pour under the fish.
6. Serve with a cut lemon, and no other sauce.