Recipes in the Elizabethan Era


Poached Salmon

ingredients

  • 3 quarters of a cup of water

  • 3 quarters of a cup of beer

  • 2 tablespoons of minced (crushed = spezzettato)fresh parsley

  • 1 quarter of a teaspoon of dried (= secche) rosemary leaves

  • a bit of a teaspoon dried thyme

  • a quarter of a teaspoon of salt

  • vinegar to taste (= per dar sapore)

  • 4 fish steaks of salmon

directions

  • in a saucepan combine all ingredients except fish.
  • bring to a boil and then simmer for 5 minutes

  • place fish steaks in saucepan.
  • cover and poach the fish for 10 minutes or until it flakes (peels = si sfalda).

  • remove fish
  • garnish (= guarnire)  with parsley