Boiled Skate With Onion Butter

• 2 lb. Skate 
• 2 large chopped Onions 
• 2 oz. butter 
• 1 tablespoon chopped Parsley
•  truffle (optional) 
• Peppercorns 
• Bayleaves and Mixed Dried Herbs
• Lemon Juice 
• 3 Cloves

Wash and trim the fish, rubbing in some salt and lemon juice and leave for one hour. Cover well with water and stew for thirty minutes with the peppercorns, bay leaves, cloves and herbs.

Cool, then carefully skin the fish and re-heat.

Melt the butter and brown the onions adding some lemon juice, chopped parsley and the truffle and stir.

Pour over the fish just before serving.

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.