A Book of Mediterranean Food

3 quarts mussels, 1 small onion, 1 clove of garlic, 1 small glass white wine, a small piece celery, parsley. Put the chopped oni ...

with a fork and a soup spoon. Another way is to prepare the sauce first; make a little white roux in the pan with butter, flour, ...

Perhaps the most usual way of cooking moules marinière is simply to put the mussels into the pan with the white wine but no wate ...

onion, garlic, parsley, 3 oz cooked liver or chopped salame sausage. Boil the lettuce for 10 minutes, drain well and chop finely ...

MOULES AU CITRON 2 oz carrots, 2 oz butter, ½ oz shallot, 1 tablespoon flour, 4 pints mussels, 2 lemons, bouquet garni, salt and ...

minute or two, finish the sauce with the rest of the butter. Serve the mussels on the half shells heaped up in a dish, and the s ...

spaghetti, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and serve with grated Parmesan cheese. CRAYFISH WITH SAUCE PROVENÇALE Make a parsley b ...

Prepare the following sauce: grill or roast in the oven 2 tomatoes, a fresh red chilli, several unpeeled cloves of garlic, up to ...

oil and a little vinegar. Press the sauce through a fine sieve. It should be bright red and quite smooth. Serve it in a bowl wit ...

‘Tie a large uncooked lobster to a long skewer, using plenty of pack-thread and attaching it firmly for a reason presently to be ...

RAGOÛT OF SHELL FISH 12 cooked scampi or Dublin Bay prawns, 2 quarts mussels, 6 scallops, ¼ lb mushrooms, ½ pint white wine, 1 t ...

in the flour. When thick pour over the heated wine, and cook this sauce for 15 to 20 minutes. Add the flesh of the scampi, the s ...

very decorative dish. The tails of large crawfish (langouste) can be used instead of the Dublin Bay prawns or scampi, but of cou ...

Sea and Freshwater Fish ******************************* The Fish of the Côte Niçoise ‘Nice is not without variety of fish; thoug ...

the delicacy of that which is caught on our coast. One of the best fish of this country is called Le Loup, about two or three po ...

to the fingers of the fisherman. We have abundance of the saepia, or cuttle-fish, of which the people in this country make a del ...

cement, like plaister of Paris, which contain a kind of muscle, called la datte, from its resemblance to a date. These petrifica ...

is porous, and admits the finer parts of the surrounding fluid. In order to reach the muscles, this cement must be broke with la ...

determine. The antient murena was counted a great delicacy, and was kept in ponds for extraordinary occasions. Julius Caesar bor ...

head belongs to the commandant, who has likewise the privilege of buying the best fish at a very low price. For which reason, th ...