Seafood

Acqua Pearl Pazza

Acqua Pearl Pazza

Fish cooked in a spicy tomato-based soup with pearl-like olives.

Info

Time
40 min
Source
Pyra's Cooking
Rarity

Ingredients

Name Rarity Needed
Flower Olive Oil 2 tablespoons
Vegetable Garlic (sliced) 2 cloves
Vegetable Red Onion (diced) ½
Vegetable Bok Choy 1½ cups
Flower Red Pepper Flakes ½ teaspoon
Vegetable Capers 2 tablespoons
Vegetable Cherry Tomatoes (halved) 2 cups
Flower White Wine ½ cup
Flower Water ½ cup
Vegetable Castelvetrano Olives ½ cup
Flower Salt
Flower Black Pepper
Fish Swai Fish (6-oz fillets) 4
Staple Crusty Bread

Directions

  1. Chop the bok choy, separating the stems from the leaves. Chop the stems into very thin slices. The leaves will be used later.

  2. Pour the olive oil in a pan under medium heat. Saute the garlic and onions with the bok choy stems until the stems soften, about 3 minutes.

  3. Stir in the red pepper flakes, some salt and pepper, wine, and tomatoes and cook until the juice starts to come out of the tomatoes, about 3 minutes.

  4. Add water, capers, and olives. Cover and simmer for 5 miniutes.

  5. Season the fish with salt, then add to the pan nestled within the sauce. Cover and cook until the fish is opaque, about 10 minutes.

  6. Layer the bok choy leaves on the bottom of serving bowls. Place the fish on top of the leaves, then spoon the sauce over the fish.

  7. Serve with crusty bread and enjoy!

Interpretation

Game Ingredients

Emblazoned Ray
×2
Whisper Tomato
×2
Spirit Clematis
×3
Puri Leaf Cabbage
×3

Description

Acqua Pazza is the name of a real fish recipe, Italian for "crazy water". Firm, white fish cooked with small, juicy tomatoes is a common theme among recipes, and this fits well with Pyra's use of Emblazoned Ray and Whisper Tomatoes.

Where this recipe differs from most is in the use of Bok Choy cabbage instead of fennel, in order to represent the Puri Leaf Cabbage. Bok Choy's stem provides a similar texture, albeit with a milder flavor.

We use red pepper flakes to represent the Spirit Clematis, as clematis plants may have been used in the past as a pepper substitute prior to the discovery of its toxicity. Finally, to emphasize the "Pearl" part of the dish's name, whole olives are used to give a pearl-like appearance.