Capone Apparecchiato

Name: Capone Apparecchiato (A Sicilian Way of Preparing Dolphin Fish)
Yield: Serves Four to Six
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: salt and pepper; 1 small (100 g / 3½ oz) can of tomato purée; 250 ml (9 fl oz) olive oil; 1 onion; 1 tbs sugar; 3 tbs wine vinegar; 1 kg (2½ lb) dolphin fish; 50 g (2 oz) capers, washed; 1head celery; 100 g (3½ oz) green olives, stoned

A Sicilian Way of Preparing Dolphin Fish

Preparation info

Serves
Four to Six

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Mediterranean Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1981

About

Signor A. La Porta of Palermo contributes this recipe.

Ingredients

1 kg (2½ lb) dolphin fish
1head celery

Europe
Italy
Pescatarian
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Clean the fish, wash it under running water and cut it into slices. Clean the celery and cook it in gently boiling water.

Chop the onion finely and let it take colour in 4 tablespoonfuls of olive oil, heated in a suitable pan. Add the tomato purée, previously diluted with some of the water i