Zuppa di Pesce alla Barese

• 4 large thin steaks of smooth-hound () or dogfish) or mérou or other

Heat the olive oil in a wide low flameproof dish (what the Italians call a teglia) and lightly fry the garlic in it, adding as soon as the oil begins to sing the tomatoes, roughly chopped, the chopped parsley and salt and pepper. Cook all this for a few minutes, then add the olives. Put in the fish steaks, and let them cook until they turn fully white, no longer. They should be ready in 5 to 10