Branzino Arrosto

Name: Branzino Arrosto (Roasted Marinated Sea Bass)
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 × 2.25 kg (5 lb) sea bass, scaled and cleaned but not filleted; sea salt and coarsely ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons fennel seeds; 2 lemons, sliced; a few parsley stalks; sea salt and coarsely ground black pepper; 2 red onions, peeled and sliced thinly; 5 tablespoons olive oil; 75 ml (2.½ fl oz) white wine; 2 fresh fennel bulbs, trimmed and sliced; juice of 1 lemon

Roasted Marinated Sea Bass

Preparation info

Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The River Café Cookbook

By Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers

Published 1995

About

The grilling of the skin before baking gives the bass a distinctive and interesting flavour

Ingredients

1 × 2.25 kg (5 lb) sea bass, scaled and cleaned but not filleted
2 tablespoons

Europe
Italy
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C/375°F/Gas 5. Preheat the grill.

Put half the fennel seeds and some salt and pepper inside the cavity of the fish, brush the skin with a little olive oil and grill for about 5-6 minutes on each side until the skin is lightly charred.

Place half