How much to cook alletta?

It takes 1 hour to cook the alletta. Clean time in the kitchen is half an hour.

How to cook alletta

Products
Ruff, dorada, sea bass, perch or other fish - 2 medium-sized, 15-20 centimeters long (about 400 grams)
Carrots - 1 large
Onions - 1 head
Celery - 3 pods
Garlic - 5 teeth
Potatoes - 4 large
Salt - 1 tablespoon
Black peppercorns - 10 pieces

How to cook alletta
1. Peel the fish, gut, wash under cold water and place in a 3-liter saucepan.
2. Pour the fish with 2 liters of cold water and put on high heat.
3. After boiling, reduce heat, remove foam and cook fish for 15 minutes.
4. Strain the broth, return the pan to the fire.
5. Cut the fish and gut, divide the fillet by hand into pieces and put in a saucepan.
5. Wash, peel and cut the potatoes into cubes 1.5 centimeters in size.
6. Peel the onions and chop finely.
7. Cut the carrots into quarter-circle pieces, 2 mm thick.
8. Peel the garlic and chop finely.
9. Peel the celery and chop finely.
10. Put the vegetables in a saucepan and cook the allette for 10 minutes.
11. Salt and pepper the soup, stir, cook for another 5 minutes, then leave for another 10 minutes under the lid.

Fusofacts

- There is a belief: after visiting Malta, Paul the First wanted to stay - he liked the Maltese fish soup so much.

- Soup is very common among the population of Malta due to the fact that the fish for the soup needs small - just the kind that Maltese fishermen usually cannot sell.

- "Allio" (aglio) in translation from the language of neighboring Italy - "garlic", hence the name of the soup, in which there is a lot of garlic.

- Potatoes in Malta traditionally have a sweeter taste, so it is necessary to choose sweet potatoes while in Russia.

- It is recommended to serve allette to the table with white fresh bread to enhance the satiety of the soup. And to add sourness, it is recommended to add a tablespoon of lemon or lime juice to the plate with the ready allette.

- To make alletta the most nutritious, you can add a quarter cup of boiled rice along with vegetables.

- To remind the soup of its proximity to Italy, you can add a few chopped tomatoes to the soup along with vegetables.

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November 20, 2015 Last update June 7, 2020Author / Editor - Lydia Ivanova

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