A Book of Mediterranean Food

One small boat sometimes takes in one night twenty-five rup, amounting to six hundred weight; but it must be observed, that the ...

fish is eaten, they rub their crusts with the brine. Nothing can be more delicious than fresh anchovies fried in oil; I prefer t ...

at a very considerable expense for nets, boats, and attendance. Their nets are disposed in a very curious manner across the smal ...

lifted up into the boat until the prisoners are taken and secured. The tunny-fish generally runs from fifty to one hundred weigh ...

more considerable fishery of it in Sardinia, where it is said to employ four hundred persons; but this belongs to the duc de St ...

from the rocks; and some of the pieces being intangled among the threads of the swab, are brought up with it above water. The sp ...

by Tobias Smollet BOUILLABAISSE The recipe for Bouillabaisse is already widely known, but as this is a book of Mediterranean coo ...

different kinds as are available. Several of these fish have a characteristic taste, a unique perfume. It is upon the combinatio ...

equivalent), gurnet, weever, roucaou, John Dory, monk or angler fish, conger eel, whiting, bass, crab, etc., clean and scale the ...

firm fish, pour over them half a glass of oil and well cover it all with boiling water. Season with salt, pepper, and saffron, a ...

Sprinkle with chopped parsley and serve both together. ‘It should be noted that the cooking is done very quickly, it is one of t ...

cook rapidly for 15 minutes, it is impossible that a piece of John Dory or a slice of whiting which have been boiling rapidly fo ...

can be made with freshwater fish, such as eels, large perch, medium- sized pike, grayling or trout, and eel-pout; a dozen prawns ...

lemon juice, and put in a baking dish. Fry some onions, garlic and plenty of parsley in olive oil; when the onions are soft add ...

oil and serve them with butter into which you have mixed some chopped fennel and a drop of lemon juice. COLD RED MULLET NIÇOISE ...

parsley and arrange a few slices of oranges along the fish. MULET AU VIN BLANC The grey mullet (carefully cleaned) is stuffed wi ...

batter in which you have crushed a small piece of garlic. Fry in hot oil. MAQUEREAUX AUX PETITS POIS 3 or 4 mackerel, 1 onion, 1 ...

the peas. When they are half cooked, add 3 or 4 mackerel cut in 2 or 3 pieces, according to their size. Bring them to the boil, ...

and put it into the pan with about ¼ lb of bacon cut into squares, and cook until the eel is lightly browned; then add 1½ lb of ...

Serve the sauce with a cold trout which has been simply poached in a court bouillon. BRANDADE DE MORUE Another triumph of Proven ...