Red Mullet Another Way
Origin: Rome, Italy
Source: Apicius, 400
Ingredients
- red mullet
- olive oil
- liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
- wine
- leek
- coriander
- pepper
- lovage
- oregano
- the fish's own juice
- passum (raisin wine)
- starch
Instructions
- Scale, wash and arrange the mullet in a pan; add oil, liquamen, wine and a bundle of leek and coriander during cooking; cook.
- Pound pepper, lovage and oregano; add some of the fish's own juice, temper with passum.
- Simmer in a pot, thicken with starch, pour over the fish, sprinkle with pepper, and serve.