Baked Smelts with Oyster Force-meat Recipe ingredients

To prepare this Baked Smelts with Oyster Force-meat Recipe, first clean, wash, and wipe dry, then fill with a force-meat made of 1 part fine crumbs, 3 parts finely minced oysters, a tablespoonful of melted butter to each cupful of the force-meat, seasoned with salt, paprika, and a little minced parsley.

Sew the fish up with long stitches; lay on the grating of your covered roaster, having a little boiling water under the grating. Bake twenty minutes, basting once with butter when nearly done. Serve with lemon sauce. The threads should be cut carefully and drawn out before serving.