Baked Stuffed Redfish

Description
From my Aunt Maggie's collection. She had a notation that this is a choir supper favorite. Notation on card says "always take recipe, you won't get by without giving it out a dozen times. Dated 1938.

Ingredients
Stuffing Ingredients:
 * 1 can tomato paste
 * 1 can whole tomatoes
 * 4 cloves garlic, chopped
 * 2 green onions, chopped
 * 1 bell pepper, chopped
 * 1 onion, chopped
 * salt and pepper to taste
 * 1 large redfish
 * 1/3 cup chopped parsley
 * Lemon slices
 * 3/4 can plain bread crumbs
 * 1 small can crab meat
 * 1 cup cooked chopped shrimp
 * 2 green onions chopped
 * Salt and rod pepper to taste

Directions

 * 1) Make a roux with a large spoon of margarine and a half of a cup of flour; when brown add garlic, bell pepper and onions; cook a few minutes.
 * 2) Add tomato pasta and tomatoes and enough water to make a medium thick gravy. Season well.
 * 3) Cook about 1 hour adding more water when needed. Wash and dry the fish.
 * 4) Season inside and out with salt and pepper.
 * 5) Stuff the fish.
 * 6) Mix and add enough milk to hold stuffing together.
 * 7) Piece fish in roasting pan. Pour on tomato gravy and bake uncovered in 325F oven for about 45 minutes.
 * 8) Baste fish often. When almost cooked add Parsley and lemon slices to the top of the fish.

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