Baked Fish in Dilled Cheese
PERIOD: Modern | SOURCE:
Contemporary Recipe | CLASS: Not Authentic
DESCRIPTION: Fish fillets baked in a
dill cheese
sauce
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1 1/2 lbs. fish fillets, about 3/4 inch thick
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3 Tbs. butter or margarine
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3 Tbs. all purpose flour
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1 tsp. salt
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1/2 tsp. dry mustard
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1/4 tsp. dried dill weed
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pinch cayenne pepper
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1 1/2 cups light cream
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1 1/2 cups shredded Cheddar Cheese
Cut fish fillets into serving pieces. Arrange in a single
layer in a
greased 2 qt. baking pan. In 2 qt. saucepan melt butter. Stir in flour
and cook until bubbly. Add salt, dry mustard, dill, and cayenne. remove
from heat and gradually stir in cream. Return to heat and cook,
stirring
constantly, until thickened. Mix in 1 cup of the cheese, stirring until
melted. Pour cheese sauce evenly over fish. Sprinkle with remaining
cheese.
Bake at 400º F for about 20 minutes, or until top browns and fish
flakes evenly when tested with a fork in thickest part.
Varieties of fish suitable for this dish include halibut,
cod, red
snapper, sea bass, and ocean perch.
Metric, Celsius, & Gas
Mark Equivalencies
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