Croatian Fish Brodet Recipes

CROATIAN FISH "BRODET"

Steps:

• For this meal you have to have large round pot with low rim.
• Put olive oil in a pot and sauté the onion until it is soft.
• Put fish in (if it is too big cut it in portions), fry very shortly. Add vinegar and cook gently for 2 more minutes.
• Add garlic and bay leaf. DO NOT STIR with any kind of ladle, just shake the whole pot (if you have wooden flat ladle, you may move fish a bit).
• Add tomato, salt, pepper, raisins and water to cover fish.
• Cook open for 50-60 minute on not too strong fire.
• Add water if evaporates too quickly.
• Try it: if it's too sour, add sugar.
• At the end add parsley leaves and some more olive oil.
• Serve with hard corn mush (polenta, as we say).

CROATIAN BRODET RECIPE (FISH STEW)

Steps:

• Get yourself a large heavy-based saucepan, heat the oil and fry the garlic and onion on a low to medium heat for a couple of minutes
• Add the tomatoes and a little water and cook for around 10 minutes
• Season the fish with salt and then add it to the saucepan and mix the fish with the garlic, onion and tomatoes
• Add water so that it covers the fish
• Pour in the vinegar and pepper and simmer. You want the stew just simmering
• Allow the fish to cook for 20 minutes giving the saucepan the occasional shake. DO NOT stir as you will break the fish
• Check the seasoning. Add more salt and pepper if required
• It's now time to put your scampi into the saucepan - throw them in one-by-one
• After five mins, check on the progress of your fish. It should be close to being done - however, this will vary depending on the type and size of the fish. Leave the fish for as long as it needs to be cooked through
• Approx five minutes before this fish is cooked, toss in your mussels and parsley
• Serve the brodet with creamy polenta and garnish with some parsley

CROATIAN FISH "BRODET"

Steps:

• For this meal you have to have large round pot with low rim. Put olive oil in a pot and sauté the onion until it is soft. Put fish (if it is too big cut it in portions), fry very shortly, add garlic and bay leaf. DO NOT STIRR with any kind of ladle, just shake the whole pot. Add vinegar, cook gently for 2 more min, add tomato, salt, pepper, raisins and water to cover fish. Cook open for 50-60 min. Add water if evaporates too quickly. Try it: if it's too sour, add sugar. At the end add parsley leaves and some more olive oil. Serve with hard corn-mush (palenta, as we say).

CROATIAN LAMB "BRODET"

Steps:

• Sauté onion on mixture of butter and olive oil, add carrot, bacon and celery and sauté it shortly. Cut the meat on walnut size and sauté meat until gets color and starts to release liquid. Than put wine and cook until liquid partly evaporates, add water to cover meat and cook until it is soft (about 90 min; add water if necessary). Before it is done add nutmeg powder, salt, pepper. Cook for more 10 min and add before mixed yolk, cheese and lemon in "brodet". Cut the fire, and wait 10 min. before serving. Serve with noodles or flour gnocchi.