Smelt patty with garlic sauce (Bourouki diplotigano me skordalia)
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1 kg sand smelt, rinsed and drained
300 g green onions, finely chopped
150 g flour
salt and pepper
2/3 cup olive oil
Leave smelt whole and mix the onions. Toss with the flour, salt, and pepper. With your hands, shape the mixture into a large round patty. Heat olive oil in a large non-stick fry pan and fry the patty like an omelet, until browned and crisp on both sides. Serve hot with garlic sauce (serves 6)
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Grilled bonito with unripe grapes and mustard seed (Palamida psiti me agouro stafili and sinapi)
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1 1/2 kg bonito, gutted (or tunny or swordfish steaks)
1 kg unripe green grapes
1 tsp mustard seed
1 tsp powdered mustard
1/2 cup olive oil
4 tbsp finely chopped parsley
salt and pepper
12 whole grapes for garnish
Broil the bonito over charcoal and remove the bones, reserving the fillets. Press the juice out of the grapes, strain and then blend in a food processor with the olive oil, mustard powder, salt and pepper. Stir in the mustard seed. Pour the sauce over the fish, garnish with whole unripe grapes and parsley before serving. (serves 4)
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