A dish from Naples and Campania of mussels cooked in just their own juices, perhaps a very little sea water with lots of black pepper and sometimes chillis. Served with lemon.
"In crazy water." In southern Italy this indicates that a dish has been cooked in sea water or salt water. Particularly found in Naples.
A sweet and sour sauce made from vinegar, caramelised sugar, water, wine, garlic and capers, herbs and spices, with any of a number of ingredients such as pine nuts and sultanas; often served with vegetables or rabbit or duck. The emphasis is on bitterness rather than sourness.