At 16.55 10/01/00 +0100, you wrote:
>>
>>"Alla marinara" means in the sea-men way. It mainly means with garlic and
>>tomato, but also this has some variation accoridng to the region.
>>
>
>In France Marinière means  with onion/shallot,  parsley and white
>wine ! No garlic, no tomato !
>
Hi Sophie:
the two best schools of cuisine actually diverge in many instances!
In Italy we tend to avoid using onion with "fish" (that includes molluscs
and crustaceans), apart few exceptions. I guess it is simply a matter of
tradition.
Anyway, French "Marinière" is different from Italian "alla marinara": it
should be more close to the Italian "marinata" that is a process of
maceration with a spicy sauce, that often includes also onion, but mainly
vinager, oil, garlic, parlsey etc...   Can you confirm?

cheers
marco



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