Baked White Fish With Cracker Custard

Ingredients

• White fish fillets
• Salt and pepper for dredging
• 2 eggs
• 1 ½ cups milk
• 1/8 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• 1/8 tsp nutmeg
• 3 soda crackers, crushed
• 2 tbsp butter
• ½ can tomato (alternative)
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp thyme
• ¼ tsp pepper
• 1 slice onion
• 1 bay leaf
• 3 cloves

Method

1. 1 Dredge fish fillets in salt and pepper. Layer them in a baking pan.
2. 2 Beat eggs with 1 ½ cups milk, 1/8 tsp salt, 1/8 tsp pepper, 1/8 tsp nutmeg, and crushed soda crackers.
3. 3 Melt 2 tbsp butter in the pan with the fish. Pour in half the milk mixture and baste fish frequently.
4. 4 Continue adding milk mixture and basting until custard sets and fish is cooked. Serve with custard flakes on top.
5. 5 Alternative: Simmer tomato with 1 tsp salt, ½ tsp thyme, ¼ tsp pepper, onion, bay leaf, and cloves. Use this sauce instead of custard.