Bec d’Asan (Emilia-Romagna-Style Eel Stew)

Bec d’Asan (Emilia-Romagna-Style Eel Stew)

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Bec d’Asan — Emilia-Romagna’s piquante eel stew — is seasoned with white wine vinegar, onions, and tomato. Photographer Simon Bajada brought back the recipe.

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Ingredients

  • ¼ cups extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 medium yellow onions, thinly sliced (4½ cups)
  • ¼ cups plus 1 Tbsp. tomato paste
  • 1 cup white wine vinegar
  • 2–2½ lb. eel fillets, cut crosswise into 3-in. pieces
  • Kosher salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil, divided
  • 1 tsp. kosher salt
  • ¾ cups (6 oz.) medium-grain polenta
  • ¼ cups (2 oz.) finely ground buckwheat

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