Bream Baked in Salt

Name: Bream Baked in Salt
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: wilted leeks, to serve; 1-2 kg/2¼-4½ lb coarse salt; ½ lemon, sliced thinly; 2 x 450 g/1 lb gilthead or black bream, cleaned, with any sharp fins removed; fennel sprigs; bay leaves; 2 x 450 g/1 lb gilthead or black bream, cleaned, with any sharp fins removed

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Wood-fired Oven Cookbook

By Holly Jones and David Jones

Published 2016

About

Baking fish covered in salt in the wood-fired oven is a technique that has been used for hundreds of years — the heat makes the salt crust very hard, which makes it easy to remove and keeps the fish moist and tender.

Ingredients

2 x 450 g/1 lb gilthead or black bream, cleaned, with any sharp fins removed
½

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Build up the fire on the base of the oven until the temperature reaches 240°C/475°F. This will take about 50 minutes. When it is up to temperature, push the fire to the back of the oven with a metal peel or coal hook. Close the do