Herbed Maryland Shad Recipes

Steps:

• Put fillet on platter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Add oil and turn fish to coat it.
• Add lemon juice, bay leaf and thyme and spread around. Cover and let stand one hour.
• Preheat broiler to high.
• Remove shad from platter and arrange it skin side down on baking dish. Pour marinade into small saucepan and keep warm. Sprinkle fish with paprika, and brush top to coat evenly. Place under broiler about 4 inches from the source of heat, and broil about 5 minutes. Cut fish in half lengthwise.
• Transfer fish to two hot serving dishes. Spoon a little of marinade over each serving. Serve with lemon wedges.

Steps:

• In a shallow bowl, combine flour, salt, and pepper and dredge fish in seasoned flour. In a saute pan over medium heat, heat oil until hot. Add fish to pan and cook until well browned on both sides. Remove fish and blot on paper. Return saute pan to heat. Add butter, let melt, and cook until brown. Add lemon juice, allow to sizzle, and add chopped parsley. Plate fish and drizzle lemon butter over top. Serve with asparagus.;

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix all the dry ingredients together in a large bowl, make a well in the center and pour all of the buttermilk in at once. Using 1 hand, stir in a full circle starting in the center of the bowl working towards the outside of the bowl until all the flour is incorporated. The dough should be soft but not too wet and sticky. When it all comes together, a matter of seconds, turn it out onto a well-floured board. WASH AND DRY YOUR HANDS. Roll dough around gently with floured hands for a second, just enough to tidy it up, flip the dough over. Pat the dough into a round about 1 1/2-inches deep. Sprinkle a little flour onto the center of a baking sheet and place the loaf on top of the flour. Cut a deep cross on it with a sharp knife, prick the four sections to let the fairies out. Let the cuts go over the sides of the bread to make sure of this.
• Bake in preheated oven for 20 minutes, then reduce the heat to 400 degrees for 20 minutes, or until just cooked. If you are in doubt, tap the bottom of the bread: if it is cooked it will sound hollow. Cool on a wire rack.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• Wash shad and dry with paper towels. Sprinkle inside and out with salt and pepper.
• Put fish on rack of baking pan. Add four cups of water and wine to level just under fish. Add remaining ingredients except the sauce. If necessary, add fifth cup of water to prevent burning.
• Cover tightly and steam for five hours. Baste often. Serve sliced crosswise through bones, with herb butter sauce if desired.