Boiled or Fried Vegetables in Simple Oenogarum

Apicius 3.10.1

Preparation info
    • Difficulty

      Easy

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Cooking Apicius

By Sally Grainger

Published 2006

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Any and all vegetables can be served this way – in a simple oenogarum consisting of equal quantities of oil, wine and fish sauce. Leek, cabbage, spinach (including all the Cheonopodiums), alexanders, carrots, turnips, mushrooms et al. are fine. If you have ensured your fish sauce has the correct level of salt, then the effect of this sauce will be to enhance the natural flavour of the vegetables rather than to overpower them with the f