Croatian Fish “Brodet” - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1000 g fish (better vatious fish,cod-fish, sea-bass and similar, or crabs, shrimps etc.)
4 tablespoons olive oil
3 large onions, finely minced
3 garlic cloves, finely minced
1 bay leaf
5 g raisins
1 teaspoon vinegar
500 g tomatoes (strained or 3-4 whole fresh tomatoes, very finely minced)
1 teaspoon salt (to taste)
1 teaspoon black peppercorns (or just to taste)
1 tablespoon fresh parsley leaves (minced)
1 tablespoon sugar (to taste)

Preparation

For this meal you have to have large round pot with low rim.
Put olive oil in a pot and saute the onion until it is soft.
Put fish in (if it is too big cut it in portions), fry very shortly. Add vinegar and cook gently for 2 more minutes.
Add garlic and bay leaf. DO NOT STIR with any kind of ladle, just shake the whole pot (if you have wooden flat ladle, you may move fish a bit).
Add tomato, salt, pepper, raisins and water to cover fish.
Cook open for 50-60 minute on not too strong fire.
Add water if evaporates too quickly.
Try it: if it's too sour, add sugar.
At the end add parsley leaves and some more olive oil.
Serve with hard corn mush (polenta, as we say).