Pike stew with wine and spring onions

Pike stew with wine and spring onions

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A Romanian pike stew, sliced and simmered in a white wine sauce with new onions, garlic, and bay leaves.

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Here is the traditional recipe for marinated herring, a Romanian specialty that uses simple ingredients and easy techniques.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time35 min
  • Total55 min
  • DifficultyEasy
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$7.40 $1.85 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.42
  • $4.66
  • $0.22
  • $0.01
  • $1.46
  • $0.60
  • $0.03

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Empty, rinse, and cut the fish into slices, season with salt, and set aside. ≈ 8 min
  2. Dice the new onions, drain them, and sauté them in the oil in a pan. ≈ 2 min
  3. Once they start to turn golden, sprinkle with flour, let it brown slightly, then pour over with the wine.
  4. Add the bay leaf and whole garlic cloves, and cook for about 15 minutes.
  5. Add the fish, season with salt and pepper, and simmer until cooked through.
  6. Remove the garlic cloves, sprinkle with chopped parsley, and serve hot. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Pike stew with wine and spring onions

  • 100 ml of oil$0.42
  • 20 to 25 new onions$4.66
  • 2 to 3 cloves of garlic$0.22
  • 1 tablespoon of flour$0.01
  • Two glasses of white wine$1.46
  • Chopped parsley$0.60
  • salt and pepper$0.03

Total$7.40

that's $1.85 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of pike (or other fish: carp, trout, perch)
  • 100 ml of oil
  • 20 to 25 new onions
  • 2 to 3 cloves of garlic
  • 1 tablespoon of flour
  • Two glasses of white wine
  • One bay leaf
  • Chopped parsley
  • salt and pepper

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