Pesce Bollito con Maionnese

Poached John Dory with mayonnaise

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Cooking of the Mediterranean

By Jane Grigson

Published 1991

  • About

Basic recipe: Mayonnaise

One of the best dishes in Venice. Make it whenever you can get hold of a large John Dory.

Method

Add enough salt to cold water to enable an egg or potato to float in it, in a pan that will accommodate the fish. Clean the fish, but leave it whole. Put it in t