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Item Pisces Frixos (Fried Fish, In the Same Manner)
Pisces Frixos Cuiusumque (Fried Fish, In the Same Manner) is a traditional Ancient Roman recipe for a classic sauce of pepper, lovage bay berry and coriander with honey, liquamen, wine and boiled wine that's cooked, thickened with rice flour and served with fried fish. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Ancient Roman version of: Fried Fish, In the Same Manner (Pisces Frixos Cuiusumque).
prep time
10 minutes
cook time
20 minutes
Total Time:
30 minutes
Serves:
4
Rating: 
Tags : Sauce RecipesSpice RecipesAncient Roman Recipes
Original Recipe
Item Pisces Frixos (from Vinidarius' Apici Excerpta) ix
Item Pisces Frixos: sic facies: Teres piper, ligusticum, bacam lauri, coriandrum, mel, liquamen, vinum, passum vel caroenum temperas. coques igni lento, amulo oryzae obligas et inferes.
Translation
Fried Fish, In the Same Manner: Grind pepper, lovage, bay berry, coriander [in a mortar] and blend with honey, liquamen, wine and passum or caroenum. Cook over a slow fire. Thicken with rice [flour, pour over the fried fish] and serve.
Modern Redaction
Ingredients:
1/2 tsp freshly-ground black pepper
1 tsp lovage (or celery) seeds
1 laurel berry (or 1 clove)
1/2 tsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp honey
4 tbsp liquamen (fish sauce)
100ml white wine
2 tbsp passum
2 tsp rice flour
Method:
Pound together the black pepper, lovage (or celery) seeds, laurel berry (or clove) and coriander seeds in a mortar. Add the honey and pound liquamen to moisten then turn into a saucepan and mix in the white wine and passum.
Bring the mixture to a boil then reduce to a simmer. Mix the rice flour with 2 tbsp water to form a smooth paste. Whisk this into the sauce and continue simmering until thickened. Use hot as a pouring sauce for fried fish.
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