Croatian 16th Century «forska Gregoda»

Ingredients

• 2 kg fish (white meat saltwater fish)
• 500 g crabs (shrimps or similar)
• 1 cup olive oil
• 5 g sage (fresh leaves)
• 1 kg onion
• 5 garlic cloves
• 20 g parsley (fresh leaves)
• 2 teaspoons oregano
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 15 g salt
• 10 g black peppercorns
• 1 cup wine (white, dry)
• 500 g potatoes (optional)
• 5 cups water

Directions

1. 1

   Take a large pot with low rim.

2. 2

   If you are making it with potato: Peel potato and cut like 0,5 cm thick chips and cook just 5 minutes to make them softer.

3. 3

   Finely mince onion. Pour olive oil into a pot; add onion and (half cooked) potato.

4. 4

   Cut large fish into 200 g pieces and leave small fish as they are. Put fish into a pot, add garlic, parsley, sage and cook without water at first.

5. 5

   After few minutes, add water to cover the fish (you do not need to use all water). Season it with salt, pepper, oregano and thyme.

6. 6

   When water starts to boil add crabs and wine. Let it boil not more than 10 minutes. That is it.