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Plachie de Crap (Carp Stew)

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds carp
  • 4 tablespoons oil
  • 5 to 6 big onions
  • 1 tablespoon tomato sauce
  • 2 tablespoons flour
  • 2 to 3 pepper berries
  • 2 to 3 juniper berries
  • 1 cup wine
  • a few lemon slices
  • Salt

Directions

  1. Clean and wash the fish, cut into pieces, salt and let sit for 15 to 20 minutes. Then dry each piece with a clean cloth, dredge with flour and fry in hot oil on both sides.
  2. Fry the chopped onion in the oil that remained from the fish frying.
  3. When the onion starts to turn yellow, add the tomato sauce, wine, salt, pepper, juniper berries, lemon slices and fish pieces.
  4. Place in the oven at low temperature and let it bake until the liquid is reduced. You may serve it warm or cold.