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sergio1972 · Tue 24 Aug 10 4:08pm

Ciao Madamada,

I was looking at the pictures you have posted in your blog and foodwise of fish that you have cooked in vine leaves and I'd like to ask you:

In case the leaves arent big enough to wrap 1 whole fish can you use more than 1 leaf?
Does the taste of the leaf pass to the fish?
You have cooked it in an oven but I suppose you could have cooked in the BBQ no?

Thanks big_smile

P.S. - Do you take the photos yourself? You certainly have amazing photos on your blog. Bell�ssimo! thumbsup

madamada · Tue 24 Aug 10 4:29pm

ciao Sergio grazie big_smile
I did not wrap the fish, I only covered it with the vine leaves letting air go under them, I did not want the fish to be dry nor too moist as in "al cartoccio" when it's sealed in tin foil.
I think runner wraps them for bbq or did I work with imagination roll
the leaves were brown and dry at the end but the taste of the fish was perfect

by the way do you know the english for mormora? it's the bigger one and a little pinkish in my pic
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sergio1972 · Tue 24 Aug 10 5:27pm

The ones with the stripes yes? I believe they re called striped seabream.
The latin name is Pagellus mormyrus and they belong to the same family as the other 2 ones, Sparidae
Very good fish, unfortunantely they're usually only available in the south of Portugal, Algarve and so. We call them Ferreira here.

mmmm Ferreiras... dribble

Stella Heath · Tue 24 Aug 10 5:32pm

Mada, I've been looking for a translation for you, but all I've come up with is from the verb 'mormorare'. Do you know another name for this fish?

madamada · Tue 24 Aug 10 6:50pm

they are both of the same family as Sergio says and the other name I can find is pagello that's all but I've found more recipes "al cartoccio" so thumbsup instinctively I have chosen a not too bad way of cooking it/them wink big_smile

Stella Heath · Wed 25 Aug 10 6:27pm

I tried Wikipedia in Italian, and found a link to here - http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species … hp?ID=706. If you click on "more" in common names, it gives a list including, in UK English, "striped sea bream". Apparently, it-s a close relative of the "dorada", which is farmed here in Spain.

madamada · Wed 25 Aug 10 9:30pm

It's amazing to see how many names it has in Italy according to thee dialects thank you very interesting and useful big_smile

nanstertoo · Wed 25 Aug 10 11:15pm

I think we call it Dorada sometimes here too.

sergio1972 · Thu 26 Aug 10 2:53pm

Dourada has got to be one of my favourite fishes. I've eaten farmed (national) of course and they re quite good but the wild ones are absolutely fantastic. My dad has them most of the times, from 1 to 5 or 6 Kg. They have such a strong flavour. Its mainly due to their diet.
I was fortunate to catch one, once sad but was a small one sad still they fight a lot it seems you re catching a shark... mrgreen

mmm douradas... dribble

Grandmadamada · Fri 07 Dec 12 12:32pm

that would be orate cool

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