Infanticelle di San Nicola in Cartoccio

Name: Infanticelle di San Nicola in Cartoccio (Sea bream in a bag)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: olive oil to drizzle; 2 garlic cloves, peeled; 2 tbsp chopped flat-leaf parsley; salt and pepper; salt and pepper; 8 small sea bream, 200 g each, gutted and cleaned; 2 lemons, sliced

Sea bream in a bag

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Antonio Carluccio's Italia

By Antonio Carluccio

Published 2005

About

Dorade or orate is the real name of the fish used in this recipe; small ones are called infanticelle (from infants). St. Nicolas is the patron saint of Bari and this is where the recipe originated. If you can’t find very small bream, buy 4 larger ones, about 300–400 g each, and put two in each parcel.

Ingredients

8 small sea bream, 200 g each, gutted and cleaned
2 lemons, sliced

Europe
Italy
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean
Puglia

Method

Heat the oven to 200°C/Gas 6. Tear off two large sheets of foil and place on baking trays. Rinse the sea bream and pat dry.

Lay a sliced lemon, overlapping, in the middle of each sheet foil, then arrange 4 fish on top. Season with salt and pepper, add a whole garlic clove to ea