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Shad Baked In Milk With Cucumber Sauce

Course : Seafoods
Serves: 6

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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 / Directions:

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!

Shad Baked In Milk With Cucumber Sauce

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