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Ius in lacertos elixos (Boiled Mackerel with Sauce)
Ius in lacertos elixos (Boiled Mackerel with Sauce) is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for dish of mackerel boiled in water and served with a spiced sauce of honey, white wine vinegar and fish sauce. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of: Ius in lacertos elixos.
prep time
120 minutes
cook time
25 minutes
Total Time:
145 minutes
Serves:
4
Rating: 
Tags : Sauce RecipesAncient Roman Recipes
Original Recipe
Ius in lacertos elixos: piper, ligusticum, cuminum, rutam viridem, cepam, mel, acetum, liquamen, oleum modice. cum bullierit, amulo obligas.
Translation
Pepper, lovage, cumin, green rue, onions, honey, vinegar, liquamen (fish sauce), a little oil; when boiling tie with wheat starch.
Though based on the work of the Roman fourth-century CE gastronome,
Apicius this recipe is actually derived from a description given in a poem (one of the epigrams) by the first-century CE poet, Martial.
Ingredients:
450g fresh
mackerel
¼ tsp
white peppercorns
1/8 tsp lovage seed or 1 tsp chopped green lovage (or 1 tsp chopped celery greens)
1½ tsp
ground cumin
5 small sprigs green (fresh)
rue
1 tsp chopped onion
1/2 tsp rue (omit if unsure)
one drop of
asafoetida
3 tsp clear
honey
3 tsp white wine vinegar
2 tbsp
liquamen
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp wheat starch blended to a slurry with 2 tbsp water
Method:
Clean and gut the mackerel if not already done.
Meanwhile grind the white pepper, lovage seed and cumin with a pestle and mortar. Add rue (be sparing, it is strong!) and onion and mash to a paste. Add the liquid ingredients and mix well. Add the fish, place in the refrigerator and marinate for a couple of hours.
Place the fish and marinade on the hob, bring to a simmer and cook for about 25 minutes. Near the end of cooking add the wheat starch slurry, stirring into the sauce as you go. Serve the fish in the thickened marinade, which also serves as the sauce.
Find more recipes from Apicius' De Re Coquinaria, part of this site's Ancient Roman recipes collection.
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