Red Mullet with Pine Nuts and Raisins

My mother serves this classic Roman Jewish dish every year before the 25-hour Yom Kippur fast. She likes to use very small red mullet. It also appears on our family’s Seder plate at Rosh Hashanah, as fish is one of the festival’s nine symbolic foods, suggesting proliferation. If you follow the tradition not to use vinegar at New Year because of its sourness, leave it out on this occasion and use more white wine instead.

Personally, I always struggle with the tiny bones