Episode #37 - Making Branzino with Italian Grandmother Nonna Paolone

In episode #37 ‎Nonna Paolone‬ is teaching us how to make the popular fish in Italian restaurants Branzino!!! This is also one of Nonno’s favorite dishes that Nonna makes for him. #NonnaPaolone always cooks fish on Fridays along with a lot of other Italian Nonna’s. This Nonna still likes to follow the old fashion Catholic tradition of eating Fish on Fridays. In the early years of Catholicism in Italy, the church instituted the practice of requiring the faithful to abstain from eating meat on Fridays in memory of Jesus’s death. Italians therefore would eat Fish on Fridays. This is one of Nonna’s popular Friday fish dish she would make for Nonno and her family especially on Good Friday or Christmas Eve. Watch to get the step by step instructions on making Nonna’s Branzino so you can make this dish for your family and friends. One important ingredient that Nonna always adds to her recipe is cooking with her heart. So, be sure when you make this you do it with all your heart. Enjoy!

INGREDIENTS: – 2 Branzino Fish (cleaned) – Garlic Salt (if you don’t have Garlic salt use Salt and Garlic Powder). – Fish Seasoning (use your favorite Fish Seasoning). – Lemon Fish Seasoning (use your favorite Lemon Seasoning) – Black Pepper – Chopped Parsley – 1 Chopped Garlic – Rosemary – Olive Oil – 2 Lemons – Flour – Plain Bread Crumbs – Salt – Diced Cherry Tomatoes – 1 Thinly sliced Potato.

Preheat oven to 380 Degrees.

Cook for about 1 hour or until the fish has a nice Golden brown color.