Shad Fish Recipes

Broiled Shad Fish

How to broil a shad. Split and wash the shad and afterwards dry it in a cloth. Season it with salt and pepper. Have ready a bed of clear, bright coals. Grease your gridiron well, and as soon as it is hot, lay the shad upon it, the flesh side down; cover with a dripping-pan and broil it for about a ¼ of one hour, or more, according to the thickness. Butter it well and deliver it to the table. Covering it while broiling gives it a more delicious flavor.

Baked Shad

Many people are of the opinion that the very best method of cooking a shad is to bake it. Stuff it with bread crumbs, salt, pepper, butter and parsley, and mix this up with the beaten yolk of egg; fill the fish with it, and sew it up or fasten a string around it. Pour over it a bit of water and some butter, and bake as you would a fowl. A shad will require from an hour to an hour and a ¼ to bake. Garnish with slices of lemon, water cress, etc.

Dressing for Baked Shad: Boil up the gravy in which the shad was baked, put in a big table spoonful of catsup, a table spoonful of brown flour which has been wet with cold water, the juice of a lemon, and a glass of sherry or Madeira wine. Serve in a sauce boat.

Cooking Shad Roe

Drop into boiling water and cook gently for twenty minutes; then take from the stove and drain. Butter a tin plate and lay the drained roe upon it. Dredge well with salt and pepper and spread soft butter over it; then dredge thickly with flour. Cook in the oven for ½ an hour, basting frequently with salt, pepper, flour, butter and water.

Or: First partly boil them in a small covered pan, remove and season them with salt, a bit of pepper, dredge with flour and fry as any fish.