Red Mullet in Caper Sauce (Barbounia me Saltsa Kapari)

Red Mullets and Capers make this a specialty of the Cyclades, in the Aegean.

Red mullet is arguably one of the Aegean’s most characteristic fish. Typically, it is pan-fried. This island dish, however, calls for cooking it in tomato and caper sauce, the latter a mainstay in the culinary heritage of many arid Cycladic islands. This recipe originally appeared in my book, Aegean Cuisine (KETA publishers).

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