Name: Small Red Mullet Pierrot’s Way (Les petits rougets de mon ami Pierrot)
Prep time: 8 h
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 8 h 30 min
Yield: For two people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 5 anchovy fillets preserved in oil; 10 crushed peppercorns; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) small red mullet; 2 oranges and 1 lemon; salt, pepper; 2 tablespoons flour; 1 small bulb of fennel; 8 thin slices of French bread; 2 cloves garlic; 150 ml (¼ pint) best virgin olive oil

Preparation info

For
two
people

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
9 hr

Appears in

Cuisine of the Sun

By Roger Vergé

Published 1979

About

Ingredients

500 g (1 lb 2 oz) small red mullet
5

Europe
France
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

Marinating the fish

1 Scale and gut the fish, taking care to leave in the liver if you are using real red mullet. Prick each mullet here and there with a needle. Arrange them in a deep dish and cover with 6 tablespoons olive oil. Add the coarsely crushed pepperc