Baked Halibut with Tomato Sauce

Name: Baked Halibut with Tomato Sauce
Ingredients: 2 lbs. halibut; 2 cups tomatoes; 1 cup water; 1 slice onion; 3 cloves; ½ tablespoon sugar; 3 tablespoons butter; 3 tablespoons flour; ¾ teaspoon salt; ⅛ teaspoon pepper

Ingredients

2 lbs. halibut
2 cups tomatoes
1 cup water
1 slice onion
3 cloves
½ tablespoon sugar
3 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
¾ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon pepper

Steps

Cook twenty minutes tomatoes, water, onion, cloves, and sugar. Melt butter, add flour, and stir into hot mixture. Add salt and pepper, cook ten minutes, and strain. Clean fish, put in baking-pan, pour around half the sauce, and bake thirty-five minutes, basting often. Remove to hot platter, pour around remaining sauce, and garnish with parsley.

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From The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book by Fannie Merritt Farmer (1910), now in the public domain. Text from Project Gutenberg.