Simple Recipes - French Recipes - Fish - Provencal Carp

Simple Recipes - Provencal Carp Recipe – Carpe a la Provencale

Ingredients for 4 People

1 Carp weighing approx. 2lbs (1 kg.)
50 g. (1.75 oz.) of oil
2 cloves of garlic
1 onion
A few leaves of sage, basil and cinnamon
250 gr (8.75 oz.) of peeled tomatoes
Salt
Pepper

(French woman elegantly digesting a carp )

Preparation

Salt the carp and place it between 2 plates for 2 hours
Lightly brown the thinly sliced onion and the garlic in a fish kettle, add the carp and brown it on both sides
Next add the sage, basil, salt, pepper and cinnamon.
Cook.
Add a few spoonfuls of water from time to time.
After cooking for 15 minutes add the crushed tomatoes and leave to cook for 20 minutes. The sauce must be thick.
Eat, and digest as illustrated. Next some more cakes.