132. Salsa con Capperi per Pesce Lesso

Name: Salsa con Capperi per Pesce Lesso (Caper Sauce for Poached Fish)
Ingredients: 1 heaping tablespoon of flour; salt, pepper and vinegar; 50 grams (about 1-⅔ ounces) of capers, drained of brine; 50 grams (about 1-⅔ ounces) of butter

Caper Sauce for Poached Fish

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Science in the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well

By Pellegrino Artusi

Published 1998

About

Ingredients

50 grams (about 1-⅔ ounces) of butter
50 grams (about 1-⅔

Sauce
Fish course
Vegetarian

Method

These amounts are enough for a fish weighing about 500 grams (about 1 pound).

Not everyone can easily digest butter, which, being a fatty substance, is by its very nature hard on the stomach, especially when fried. When it is combined with acids, as in this and in similar instances, this is even more the case, and then butter often proves difficult to digest even by the strongest stomac