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    • Broiled Lake Trout

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    Seafood Fish 8 Servings

    INGREDIENTS

    1 lg Lake trout
    Garlic
    2 tb Olive oil
    1/4 ts White pepper; ground
    Maitre d'hotel butter
    Parsley

    INSTRUCTIONS

    From: Joel.Ehrlich@salata.com (Joel Ehrlich)
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 1994 01:51:10 +0000
Preheat the broiler.  Bone the fish and flatten it out.  Rub a small saucer
generously with garlic.  Mix the olive oil and white pepper in the saucer.
Rub this mixture on both sides of the fish.  Place the fish on a greased
shallow pan.  Broil until brown, turning once.  Spread with Maitre d'Hotel
Butter.  Garnish with parsley.  Serve hot.
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