Ingredients
2 ½ tablespoons butter
2 ½ tablespoons flour
1 ½ cups milk
1 teaspoon salt
Dash pepper
2 hard-cooked eggs, chopped
4 fresh salmon steaks (1 ½ to 2 lbs.)
3 cups cooked green peas
Directions
Melt butter in heavy saucepan; stir in flour. Remove from heat; slowly stir in milk. Cook until thickened. Add salt; pepper and eggs. Carefully slip fish into large skillet of boiling water seasoned with salt, a few celery leaves, bay leaf, slice of lemon, and onion. Cover; reduce heat and simmer 5 to 7 minutes only. Remove fish to platter; pour sauce over salmon; surround with hot peas. (Serves four).
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