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Fried Eel

4 servings

Ingredients

• eel, prepared (as needed)
• salt (a little)
• rusks, crushed, or grated breadcrumbs (a little)
• butter (a little)
• sage leaves (a few)

Instructions

1. Instead of pouring vinegar over the prepared eel, sprinkle it with salt and let it stand for a while.
2. Afterwards, wash the pieces, turn them in crushed rusks or grated breadcrumbs, and fry in an open pan with butter, to which a few sage leaves have been added, until nicely golden and tender.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.