Planked Whitefish

Name: Planked Whitefish
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 lbs white fish fillets, with skin on; butter; 3 cups mashed potatoes, hot; salt and pepper

Submitted by Molly53

"Lake Superior whitefish is the pride of the Great Lakes. From the Mississippi Valley chapter of the United States Regional Cookbook, Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago, 1947."

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Ready In:: 30mins
Ingredients:: 4
Serves:: 6

ingredients

3 lbs white fish fillets, with skin on
butter
3 cups mashed potatoes, hot
salt and pepper

directions

Broil fish on skin side for five minutes; place skin side down on well-oiled hickory or oak plank, brush with butter and broil until tender and golden brown.
Just before fish is cooked, pipe mashed potatoes decoratively around the fish and replace under broiler to brown potatoes and complete cooking.
Season to taste and garnish with parsley or radish roses and lemon halves filled with tartar sauce.