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Pike with Parmesan Cheese

4 servings

Ingredients

• 1 pcs pike
• butter (for the pan) (a little)
• zwieback (for sprinkling) (a little)
• 0.25 L sour cream
• bouillon (as much as the cream absorbs)
• Parmesan cheese (a little)
• capers (a little)
• pepper (a little)
• Worcestershire sauce (English sauce) (a little)

Instructions

1. Grease a pan with butter and sprinkle with zwieback.
2. Place the split pike, inside up, into the pan.
3. Mix a quarter liter of sour cream with as much bouillon as the cream absorbs, and pour this over the fish.
4. Then sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and season with capers, pepper, and Worcestershire sauce.
5. Let it simmer covered on the stove for fifteen minutes, then finish baking uncovered in the oven for the same amount of time, basting frequently.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.