Libyan Fish in Spicy Tomato Sauce

This is probably the most famous Tripolitanian Jewish dish and much loved by the wider Libyan community and beyond. The recipe was kindly given to me by Hamos Guetta, who arrived in Rome as a child with his family after fleeing Tripoli in 1967. Hamos has a passion for cooking and keeping traditions alive and does a magnificent job of sharing stories and preserving recipes on his YouTube channel, Hamos Guetta.

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