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Sogliola al Cartoccio (Mediterranean-Style Sole)
Lesson time 10:42 min
Massimo teaches you how to make a delicious parchment-baked sole using classic Mediterranean flavors: lemons, capers, olives, tomatoes, and parsley.
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[MUSIC PLAYING] MASSIMO BOTTURA: Today, we're going to do la sogliola, the sole. We are moving south of Italy on the Mediterranean coast in the deep, blue sea of Capri, Amalfi, Sorrento, all beautiful Sicilian flavors. [MUSIC PLAYING] I grew up with eating the sole, because my mama was always thinking about, you know, serving a sole, usually on Friday, because it's a very light fish, but beautiful and with an amazing taste, very delicate. And it was perfect to match with the ingredients you want to match with. One of my favorite was the al cartoccio, so the sole cooked en papillote. So you have like inside a paper, we were like putting all these amazing ingredients from-- that reminds you the Mediterranean flavors. So Taca, we're going to split this amazing sole that comes from South Adriatic Sea. If you don't have a sole, maybe you can have a turbot or a sea bass or, like, Orata, like snappers, or another fish that is kind of flat fish, because you need-- it's like you need cooking that is not for, like, a long time cooking. So you need a quick time in the oven. So we're going to start with-- create the-- we're going to put some salt and like pinch of salt on the fish on one side and the other. And usually, choose even the most simple ingredients. Choose the the perfect ingredient, like even some salt can make the difference. One of the things that is en papillote is lemon. So the lemons we picked are lemons from Sorrento. The lemon from Sorrento is something that you have to try at least once, because I'm not classic lemon. They're like kind of sweet, so you have acidity, and you'll feel the acidity. But you can also eat as a fruit, because it's so beautiful. If you don't have lemon from Sorrento, choose the natural one, like the big natural one, or maybe cider or bergamots, you know. But they have to be not too aggressive in the palate. Then here we go. We add the vesuviani, the tomatoes from Vesuvio. So you have that kind of resin but even sweetness that-- there go and they match perfectly with that kind of lemon. Then some olives from Gaeta. Even these olives comes from the same part of Italy that is like the gulf of Sorrento. So these olives are like sweet, black, intense with a very deep, deep flavor, and they match perfectly with capers. Even the capers we are picking are so small, so intense, so full of flavor. These ingredients is going to help to go very deep in flavor. So you have the acidity that is stimulating the whole palate, you have the sweetness of the tomato, and you have black olives that gives body to the whole preparation, and you have the capers that they takes you back, back, back, back, far away, at the third stage of the palate. A little bit of parsley just for the color, because it's just freshness and the chlorophyll and green. Extra virgin olive oil-- that kind of flavor in the whole feeling of the preparation. So it can really change the perception of the plates, and then Taca to ...
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Massimo Bottura, chef of the three-Michelin-star Osteria Francescana, treats his world-renowned restaurant as a laboratory of ideas. In his MasterClass, he shares how he transforms classic, regional Italian recipes into exciting modern dishes. You’ll learn how to make rich, flavorful tagliatelle al ragù, pumpkin risotto, and a MasterClass-exclusive Emilia Burger recipe. Develop your palate and embark on a culinary adventure.
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