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Tortosa-style red mullet in anchovy tomato sauce

Tortosa-style red mullet in anchovy tomato sauce

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Red mullet marinated in lemon juice and oil, baked in the oven with bay leaves, and then topped with a tomato sauce flavored with garlic, parsley, and anc…

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Recipe from Josep Xicota, CommonsDelinker, adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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In Tortosa, red mullet are cooked in the oven with a tomato sauce flavored with garlic, parsley, and anchovies.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time20 min
  • Cook time25 min
  • Resting1 hr
  • Total1 hr 45 min
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodMarinating and baking
  • Estimated cost$4.03 $1.01 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

4 people
  • $0.11
  • $0.84
  • $0.09
  • $1.52
  • $0.18
  • $0.11
  • $0.61
  • $0.57

Prices from US supermarkets for 5 of 8 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Clean the mussels, leave them whole, and marinate them with salt, lemon juice, and oil.
  2. After an hour, arrange them in a heatproof dish with their marinade and bay leaf, then cover with breadcrumbs.
  3. Bake until cooked through.
  4. In the thick tomato sauce, add the chopped garlic for flavour, then the juice from the red mullet, the juice from the second lemon, finely chopped parsley, beef fat, and anchovies that have been passed through a sieve. Mix well. ≈ 4 min
  5. Pour this sauce over the scallops and serve immediately. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Tortosa-style red mullet in anchovy tomato sauce

  • Lemon juice, filtered$0.11
  • One glass filled with fine oil$0.84
  • 2 tablespoons of breadcrumbs$0.09
  • 2 cups of tomato sauce, full$1.52
  • 2 cloves of garlic$0.18
  • Another lemon$0.11
  • Fresh parsley$0.61
  • 2 tablespoons of rendered beef fat$0.57

Total$4.03

that's $1.01 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 1 kg of sea bass
  • Lemon juice, filtered
  • One glass filled with fine oil
  • Half a bay leaf
  • 2 tablespoons of breadcrumbs
  • 2 cups of tomato sauce, full
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  • Another lemon
  • Fresh parsley
  • 2 tablespoons of rendered beef fat
  • 2 salted anchovies

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