Name: Whole Grilled Sea Bream with Green Tomatoes, Basil & Mint
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 8 cloves Garlic Confit, sliced; 2 cups [480 ml] dry white wine; Olive oil for drizzling, plus 3 Tbsp; 2 Tbsp fresh lime juice; Four 1-lb [455-g] whole sea bream, scaled and gutted; 1 medium-hot green or red chile, preferably Fresno, seeded and thinly sliced; ¼ cup [55 g] Shallot Confit, sliced; ⅔ cup [20 g] fresh basil leaves; ⅔ cup [20 g] fresh mint leaves; Flaky sea salt; Freshly ground black pepper; ⅔ cup [20 g] fresh cilantro leaves; 24 small green zebra tomatoes, cut into ¼-in- [6-mm-] thick rounds; Kosher salt

Preparation info

Serves
4 to 6

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Gjelina

By Travis Lett

Published 2015

About

Sea bream is a lesser known fish that looks like a grayish cousin to a red snapper, with a similar flavor profile. We often find small ones that weigh just about a pound [half a kilo], an ideal size for serving whole. There’s something about picking apart a beautiful fish from the bone that makes me and a lot of other people happy. Drenched with a sauce made from green zebra tomatoes cooked down with shallots, herbs, and wine, this dish is immensely enticing to anyone who loves fish. You ca