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      Title: RYBA W SOSIE CHRZANOWYM (FISH IN HORSERADISH 
 Categories: Fish, Polish
      Yield: 6 Servings
 
---------------------------FISH---------------------------
      2    Carrots
      2    Celery rib
      1    Parsley root
      1    Onion; quartered
      5    Peppercorns
      1    Bay leaf
      2 ts Salt
      6 c  ;Water
      2 lb Fish fillets (carp, sole,
           -pike or similar fillets)

---------------------------SAUCE---------------------------
      3 tb Butter
      3 tb Flour
    3/4 c  Horseradish, prepared
      1 ts Sugar
    1/4 ts Salt
    2/3 c  Sour cream
      2    Egg, hard-cooked; peeled &
           -sieved
 
  Combine vegetables, dry seasonings, and water in a
  saucepan or pot. Bring to a boil; simmer 20 minutes,
  then strain.
  
  Cook fish in the strained vegetable stock 6 to 10
  minutes, or until fish flakes easily. Remove fish from
  stock.  Arrange on serving platter and cover with
  plastic wrap.  Chill.
  
  Strain fish stock and reserve 3/4 cup for horseradish
  sauce; cool. For horseradish sauce, melt the butter in
  a saucepan, then blend in flour until smooth, making
  what the French would call a roux. Add the cooked fish
  stock gradually, stirring constantly.  Cook and stir
  until the sauce boils and becomes thick and smooth.
  
  Remove from heat and stir in horseradish, sugar, salt,
  sour cream, and eggs. Cool for 15 minutes. Pour the
  horseradish sauce over the chilled fish, and garnish
  with shredded lettuce.
  
  :           Original recipe passed down through the
  generations and
  :           translated from Polish into English (with
  a few mods) by
  :           echrzanowski@watmath.waterloo.edu (Edward
  Chrzanowski)
  :           MFCF, University of Waterloo, Waterloo,
  Ontario, Canada
  :           from the rec.food.recipes archives
 
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