Italian Food Recipes

The monkfish is a strange fish that lives in the Mediterean sea. It has an ugly aspect and it looks like a frog or toad. Not only the aspect of the monkfish is strange, but also its meat. In fact it has a taste and a consistency similar to lobsters and crayfishes. One important characteristic of monkfish is the absence of bones. For this reason is appreciated also by people that don’t love fish and it is perfect for children. In Italy there are different recipes to cook monkfish and the following is one of the simplest.




INGREDIENTS (for 4 people)
1 Potato
400 g of Monkfish
100 g of Flour
3-4 Tablespoons of Extra virgin olive oil
1 Glass of water
1 / 2 of Onion
1 / 2 Glass of White Wine
Parsley
Salt
Pepper

PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 30 minutes

WINE: Favorita delle Langhe (White Wine)

PREPARATION
Clean the monkfish, remove the skin and the big bone from the center. Then flour it on the both sides.

Clean the onion, chop and place it in a large pan with the extra virgin olive oil and brown it.

Add the monkfish and let it brown on the both side for 5-10 minutes.

Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Then clean, peel, cut the potato into slices, and add them to the monkfish. Sprinkle again with some salt, pepper and parsley.

Add the white wine and let it evaporate, then add the water and cook for about 20 minutes with cover until the potato is ready. Serve hot.
This is the result:

BUON APPETITO!

An unusual mix between fish and bacon, one dish that you have to try!

INGREDIENTS (for 2 people)

2 Fillets of monkfish
2 Slices of bacon
1/4 of onion
Salt & Pepper
200 g of Spinach
3-4 Walnuts

PREPARATION TIME: 15 minutes

COOKING TIME: 15 minutes

DIFFICULTY: medium

WINE: Fiano di Avellino (White wine)

PREPARATION
Wash, clean and cut the stem end of spinach. Put some water, some salt and the spinach in a pot, let the water boil and cook spinach for about 5 minutes. Then drain them.
Wash, peel the onion and chop it. Heat 3 tabòespoons of extra virgin olive oil, add in it onion, let it brown and then add spinach together with the walnuts. Season with salt and pepper and cook for about 5 minutes.


Now blend spinach in order to obtain a sauce.



Envelop the fillet of fish in 1 slice of bacon and cook it in a pan without extra virgin olive oil because the bacon will release its fat. If the fillet of fish is too large cut it into half and continue in the same way. Cook for 10 minutes until bacon is golden.



In a platter pour the sauce of spinach and add the fish.
Serve hot.
This is the result:



BUON APPETITO!