Shad Baked In Milk With Cucumber Sauce

Shad Baked In Milk With Cucumber Sauce

Course :	Seafoods
From:	HungryMonster.com
Serves:	6

Ingredients:

5	pounds	fresh shad -- cleaned
1	teaspoon	salt
1	teaspoon	white pepper
2	tablespoons	sweet butter or margarine
1	cup	chopped celery
1	cup	chopped onion
3	tablespoons	minced fresh parsley
1	teaspoon	powdered sage
1	Cup	milk
		---CUCUMBER SAUCE---
1 1/2	cups	mayonnaise
1/2	medium	cucumber -- seed and peel and chop
2	medium	scallions -- chopped
2	tablespoons	chopped parsley or chives
1	teaspoon	fresh lemon or lime juice

Preparation:

1. Season inside fish cavity with salt and white pepper. 2. Melt buffer in saucepan; saute~ celery, onion, parsley and sage in buffer until onion is transparent. 3. Fill cavity with celery-buffer mixture; skewer to close. 4. Place fish in baking dish; add milk to cover. 5. Cover dish tightly with aluminum foil; bake in preheated 3()0O F. oven 5 hours. Bones will disappear! 6. Serve with Cucumber Sauce. Cucumber Sauce Blend all ingredients in food processor or blender or mix well. Delicious with milk-baked fish or broiled or sauteed shad fillets. NOTE: Fresh-water shad is very difficult to fillet, but when baked in milk, the bones literally disappear! Inexpensive Lenten offering when fish is in season!