Bream Baked in Sea Salt

Name: Bream Baked in Sea Salt
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons mixed fresh herbs, finely chopped – chives, tarragon, chervil,; basil and parsley; 3 tablespoons mixed fresh herbs, finely chopped – chives, tarragon, chervil,; 3 tablespoons mixed fresh herbs, finely chopped – chives, tarragon, chervil,; basil and parsley; 6 tablespoons olive oil; Juice of 1 lemon; 1 clove garlic, crushed; 3 tablespoons mixed fresh herbs, finely chopped – chives, tarragon, chervil,; 1 bream, cleaned and gutted but not scaled, about 3 lb (1.4 kg); 3 lb (1.4 kg) coarse sea salt; Large bunch of parsley to fill cavity of bream; Large bunch of parsley to fill cavity of bream

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Floyd on Fire

By Keith Floyd

Published 1986

About

Ingredients

1 bream, cleaned and gutted but not scaled, about 3 lb (1.4 kg)
3 lb

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Stuff the cavity of the fish with the parsley.

Put half the salt into a fireproof dish and place the bream on top of the bed of salt. Completely cover with the remaining salt and place the dish, well surrounded by hot embers, in the fire and allow to cook for about 45 minutes till the salt is very hard. Prepare the sauce by whisking all the ingredients together.

Once the bream i