Anguilla al Forno

Roast eel

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Venezia

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2008

  • About

They say no one cooks eel like the Venetians do. You can make this with any oily fish fillets, such as hake, mackerel or mullet. I used mullet fillets & they worked beautifully. My father-in-law, Mario, loves eel – this is his recipe. If you’re using eel, you can remove the skin if you prefer.

Ingredients

  • 8 eel fillets (about 900 g/2 lb)
  • 5 tablespoons

Method

____Preheat the oven to 200°C (400°F/Gas 6). Cut the eel into pieces of about 6 × 8 cm (about 3