MINUTAL MARINUM (Seafood Fricassee)

(Apic. 7, 19, 3) Ingredients:

• 500g fish fillet (e.g. salmon)
• 250ml white wine
• 500ml beef broth
• 3 leek branches (I hope branch is the correct expression...)
• 100ml oil
• Liquamen or salt, coriander, pepper, Liebstoeckl, Oregano to taste
• a little bit of starch or flour to thicken the sauce

Instructions:
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Put the fish in a pan, add Liquamen, oil, wine and broth. Chop leek
branches and coriander. Chop fillets into a kind of fish goulash.bszRC
Cook approximately 30 minutes on small to moderate heat. When well done
ground coriander, Liebstoeckl and oregano and add to the fish fricassee.
Boil again shortly. Then thicken sauce with starch, sprinkle pepper on
the fricasse and serve.

 

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The Palaestra is situated in the eastern periphery of the city, near the Amphitheatre. It was created during the Augustan period, one of the projects of imperial propaganda which led to the founding of the ‘collegia iuvenum’, organizations of young people whose prime scope have been that of furthering sports but whose secondary scope was that of providing an atmosphere of adhesion to the principles of the new political ideology in which the future citizens would be formed. The palaestra of the ‘Iuventus Pompeiana’ occupies a vast area, 141 x 137 meter, and consists of a central space for gymnastic exercises, surrounded by a tall perimeter wall with ten monumental en ... continue

(Apic. 4, 2, 28) Ingredients:

• 1 sole fillet per person
• Olive oil
• White wine
• Pepper
• Lovage (or chopped celery leaves)
• Oregano
• Liquamen (or soya sauce)
• Eggs

Instructions:
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Place the sole fillets in a shallow pan. Add the olive oil, white wine and liquamen. Place the fish in an oven for about 20 minutes at 150°C to poach. Whilst the fish is cooking place a pinch of peppercorns, ... continue

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