BAKED HALIBUT

Because of its size, halibut is cut into slices and sold in the form of steaks. Halibut slices are often sautéed, but they make a delicious dish when baked with tomatoes and flavored with onion, lemon, and bay leaf.

2 c. tomatoes
Few slices onion
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
2 thin slices bacon
1 Tb. flour
2 lb. halibut steak

Heat the tomatoes, onion, and bay leaf in water.
Add the salt and pepper and cook for a few minutes.
Cut the bacon into small squares, fry it out in a pan, and into this fat stir the flour.
Pour this into the hot mixture, remove the bay leaf, and cook until the mixture thickens.
Put the steaks into a baking dish, pour the sauce over them, and bake in a slow oven for about 45 minutes.

Remove with the sauce to a hot platter and serve.