Genoese Sauce for Boiled Fish
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- 40 g pine nuts
- 15 g capers
- 1 salted anchovy
- 1 hard-boiled egg yolk
- 3 brined olives
- 1/2 clove garlic
- 1 good pinch parsley
- 1 egg-sized piece bread crumb
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 pinch pepper
- 60 g olive oil
- 1 drop vinegar
Instructions
- Chop the parsley and garlic very fine, then pound them in a mortar with all the other ingredients until very smooth.
- Pass through a sieve and thin with 60 g oil and a drop of vinegar, tasting to adjust the seasoning. Enough for 600 g fish.