Baked Pike #2

By North Star



i use this myself and it is awesome.
Ingredients

* 1 cleaned pike (4-5 lb)
* 3/4 ts salt
* 3/4 ts white pepper
* 3/4 ts paprika
* 1/4 ts ginger
* 1 shrimp stuffing
* 2 c chopped tomatoes (fresh)
* 1 c water or clam juice
* 1/2 c chopped onion
* 3 cloves
* 1 bay leaf
* 3 tb sweet butter
* 2 tb flour
* 4 strips lean bacon

Directions
Season fish inside & out with salt, pepper, paprika & ginger. Stuff fish & sew closed. Cook together tomatoes, water, onion, cloves & bay leaf in med size saucepan for 20 minutes. Melt butter; blend in flour & cook, stirring, over low heat until thick & smooth. Mix butter-flour with tomato mixture; cook 10 minutes then strain. Place fish in shallow roasting pan; lay bacon over fish & top with half the tomato sauce. Bake in 325 oven for 1 hour, basting during baking. Serve remaining sauce with fish