Salmon en Matelote

Wash and truss a small salmon in the shape of the letter S, and boil it in salted
water. When cooked, drain it, put it on a hot dish, bend some legs of lobster at the
joints, and stick the ends in the back of the salmon from head to tail. Have prepared
the following sauce : Put six tablespoonfuls of butter in one and one-half
breakfast cupfuls of butter sauce, stir it over the fire until it is hot, then stir in
quickly two eggs that have been beaten with a small quantity of lemon juice, and
pepper and salt to taste. Pour the sauce over the fish, garnish it with small strips of
fillets of sole that have been dipped in beaten egg and breadcrumbs and fried, and
serve.

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