A delicious baked fish

that warmed up my wintry kitchen!



a delicious baked fish

adapted from the 1951 Joy of Cooking's "Fish Baked in a Covered Dish"


Spread olive oil over the bottom of a large casserole dish with a cover.
Lay in
            about 2 pieces adding up to 1 lb of fish eg salmon.
Put a little
            butter on the fish.
Sprinkle with
            smoked paprika
            nutmeg.
Cover. Put into a 325 oven. Set a timer for about 30 minutes (if your fish is very thin, you could try just 20 minutes; it took my 1" thick salmon about 30 minutes).

After about 10 minutes, add around the fish
            up to 2 tbl sweet white wine.

Meanwhile, put into a bowl in this order:
            a small bunch of parsley, cut
            at least 1 tbl capers
            about 1 tsp or more caper juice
            about 1 tbl butter, cut so it will fit nicely down the center of your piece(s) of fish.
When the fish looks like it might be done in 5 or 10 minutes, remove the fish from the oven and increase the oven temperature to 375. Upend the bowl's ingredients over the fish. Put the fish back in the oven without a cover.

When the fish is at least 145 inside, it's done. If you check and it's not done, it won't hurt the "sauce" for it to keep cooking.

Nice served over whole wheat couscous, and with some vegetables such as broccoli and carrots.