How Do You Make A Seven-Fish Italian Christmas Eve Dinner?
Sicilian Italians celebrate Christmas Eve by preparing a Seven-Fish Dinner. No meat is eaten in celebration of the birth of baby Jesus. Why seven fish? Some Italians believe it is because it took God seven days to create the universe. I will show you the fish I prepare and how I prepare it for my Sicilian family’s Christmas Eve Dinner. Step 1 jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/GlobalPhoto/Articles/5735981/smelts_Full.jpg’); }); Deep Fried Smelts The Seven-Fish Italian Dinner is known as “La Vigilia” or “The Feast of the Seven Fishes.” For La Vigilia there are no requirements for which types of fish to be served but is always served with a large salad with mixed greens, tomatoes, onions, black olives and croutons. Salad dressing: Olive oil and Red Wine Vinegar. Deep Fried Smelts: Roll and coat each Smelt with flour. Then dip each floured Smelt into Batter. Batter should consist of these ingredients mixed
