Name: Baked Sea Bass
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: ½ teaspoon thyme; 100 ml (3½ fl oz) milk; 60 g (2½ oz) soft breadcrumbs; 1 large sea bass, cleaned and scaled; 200 g (7 oz) fresh, soft sheep’s cheese, or use ricotta; 500 ml (18 fl oz) white stock; 8 thin slices of smoked bacon; 1 garlic clove, smashed into a paste; ½ medium onion, finely chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Potty!

By Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 2010

About

Now that sea bass is being farmed and is so readily obtainable and relatively cheap - although not quite as tasty as the wild sea bass - this is an excellent way of cooking it. Although if you prefer you can substitute any of the bream family for the sea bass.

Ingredients

60 g (2½ oz) soft breadcrumbs
100 ml (3½

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Method

Put the breadcrumbs in a bowl with the milk, thyme, garlic and onion and leave to stand for about 10-15 minutes. Drain off any excess liquid and stir in the cheese. Stuff the fish with this mixture.

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Make several incisions in each side

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