Oven-baked whole fish
With Seafood,
Oven-baked whole fish
Serves4 servings
Cooks In10' preparation | 50' cooking
DifficultyTotally Doable
Ingredients
- 1 sea bream (about 3.3 lb)
- 6 potatoes, in thin 0.2-inch slices
- 2 cloves of garlic, crushed with skin
- 3 onions, in rings
- 1 fennel bulb, sliced
- 3 tomatoes, sliced
- ½ bunch fresh parsley, chopped
- ½ bunch fennel leaves, chopped
- 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup dry white wine
- Salt, freshly ground pepper
Method
- Gut and scale the fish.
- Wash very well, inside and out, and season.
- Lay the potato slices in a deep baking dish, and top with the onion.
- Add the crushed garlic and sliced fennel bulb.
- Sprinkle with the herbs.
- Place fish on top of the vegetables and season.
- Finish with the slices of tomato and pour the wine and olive oil.
- Cover dish with aluminum foil and cook in a preheated oven for 30 minutes at 360°F.
- Remove the foil and continue cooking for a further 20 minutes, until the potatoes become soft.
Serve the fish with the vegetables and wonderful sauce while still warm.