Salsa per i Pesci Fritti

Sauce for Fried Fish

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1 cup

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Fred Plotkin

Published 1997

  • About

I wish there were a more place-specific or person-specific name for this sauce so that you can know more precisely what it is about. I can tell you that this particular sauce is one I have often encountered in the Levante, most especially in the province of La Spezia. Its use of Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese to go with fish is a typical La Spezia gesture that one seldom sees elsewhere. The cheese provides a sweetness that contrasts with the hot flavor of the peperoncino (chile pepper) a