Planked Shad

Name: Planked Shad
Ingredients: 4 lbs shad; salt and pepper, to taste; 1/2 cup butter, melted; 2 cups mashed potatoes, hot; parsley, for garnish; lemon, for garnish

6 ingredients

7 steps

Ingredients

4 lbs shad
salt and pepper, to taste
1/2 cup butter, melted
2 cups mashed potatoes, hot
parsley, for garnish
lemon, for garnish

Directions

1

Clean and dress fish.
2

Broil for ten minutes; place on a hot, buttered plank, skin side down.
3

Season well, pour melted butter over the top and bake at 400F for 15 minutes.
4

Protect plank from scorching by coating with damp salt, excluding the parts not covered by the fish. (The salt dries and is easily removed before mashed potato is added.).
5

Remove plank from oven and pipe mashed potatoes decoratively around fish.
6

Return to oven until potatos are golden and fish well done.
7

Garnish with parsley and lemon slices.