Aleš (Shad)

Scale and clean the shad, then cook it gently in a fragrant sauce of butter, parsley, onion, and red wine for a classic Czech dish.

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Ingredients

Step-by-step instructions

  1. 1
    Scale and clean the shad
  2. 2
    Place a piece of butter, a piece of parsley root, a bunch of green parsley, and sliced onion on a pot
  3. 3
    Place the fish on top
  4. 4
    Salt and pepper it
  5. 5
    Pour red wine over it so it is covered
  6. 6
    Cover and let simmer slowly for three-quarters of an hour
  7. 7
    Remove the fish to a dish
  8. 8
    Surround it with sliced onion and keep in a warm place
  9. 9
    Strain the sauce
  10. 10
    Make a brown butter and flour roux and fry it
  11. 11
    Let it simmer briefly
  12. 12
    Strain again
  13. 13
    Mix in a piece of butter, juice from one lemon and a pinch of paprika
  14. 14
    Pour over the fish and serve to the table

This recipe was translated automatically from Čeština and reviewed by our editors.

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