Eel in White Wine and Tomato

Name: Eel in White Wine and Tomato (Anguilla in Umido)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1 wine glass dry white wine; 2 sage leaves; 1 bay leaf; 1 clove garlic, finely chopped; 30 g/1 oz finely chopped parsley; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 tablespoon tomato purée, dissolved in a glass of water; 1 kg/2½ lb eel (fresh water); 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 20 g/¾ oz butter

Anguilla in Umido

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Leaves from The Walnut Tree

By Ann Taruschio and Franco Taruschio

Published 1993

About

Ingredients

1 kg/2½ lb eel (fresh water)
3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil<

Europe
Italy
Marche
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

Cut the eel into 7.5 cm/3 in pieces and fry in the oil and butter. Add the garlic, finely chopped parsley, sage, bay leaf, white wine, and tomato purée dissolved in a glass of water. Season the eel with sa