Baked Skate With Sauerkraut

Ingredients

• 450g (1 lb.) skate
• 2 tbs butter
• flour
• salt
• 1 small sliced onion
• bayleaves, peppercorns, cloves
• 275 ml (½ pint) milk

Cut the fish into steaks, rub with salt and leave for one hour. bring the milk with onion, cloves, bay leaves and peppercorns to the boil, then add the fish. Let the milk boil once more and leave the fish to simmer for only five minutes - no longer.

Strain from the liquid and leave to dry on a sieve. Rub with melted butter or warm olive oil, and roll in seasoned flour. Wrap in cooking paper, bake in hot oven. Serve with boiled sauerkraut and a tomato salad.