Scorpion-Fish with Turnips

Ingredients

• scorpion-fish
• liquamen (Roman fermented fish sauce)
• olive oil
• turnips
• cumin
• bay berry
• saffron
• rice starch
• vinegar

Instructions

1. Cook the scorpion-fish in liquamen and oil; when half-cooked, remove it.
2. Finely chop boiled turnips and squeeze out all their water by hand; bind them with the fish and boil well with plenty of oil.
3. Once boiling, pound cumin and half a bay berry; add saffron for color.
4. Thicken with rice starch, pour over, add a little vinegar, and serve.