Stewed Eels – Bisato En Tocio

• 1 kg of eels
• 1 white onion
• 1 - 2 garlic cloves
• 40 g tomato paste
• 30 g finely chopped parsley
• 3-4 sage leaves
• 4 tsp of olive oil
• salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste

1. Ask your fishmonger to clean and cut the eels in 8-10 cm pieces
2. Finely chop the onion and the garlic and fry them gently in the olive oil, adding the sage leaves too.
3. Dust the eel pieces with some flour and add these to the pan for frying, turning them on both sides.
4. Dissolve the tomato paste in a ladle of hot water and pour it onto the frying eels.
5. Let them simmer, over a gentle flame, until they are done.
6. Season with salt and fresh ground black pepper and serve with the parsley sprinkled over.
7. The best accompaniment for this dish is white Polenta.

eels, white onion, garlic, tomato paste, parsley, sage, olive oil, salt

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Stewed-Eels-Bisato-en-Tocio-1857789 (may not work)