Sea Bass Baked in a Parcel with Lemon and Herbs

Name: Sea Bass Baked in a Parcel with Lemon and Herbs
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt and ground black pepper; 4 spring onions (scallions), chopped; 1 lemon, thinly sliced; 3 fresh bay leaves; 2 garlic cloves, peeled and quartered; 3 sprigs fresh rosemary; 1 x 2 kg/4½ lb whole sea bass, cleaned and descaled; 45 ml /3 tbsp olive oil

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Wood-fired Oven Cookbook

By Holly Jones and David Jones

Published 2016

About

This is a simple way of cooking fish in the wood-fired oven, keeping a whole fish moist in a foil parcel. Use smaller fish for individual parcels, one for each guest if you wish, so that everyone opens them together and inhales the delicious cooking aromas as they waft out. You can also use salmon or red mullet for this recipe.

Ingredients

1 x 2 kg/4½ lb whole sea bass, cleaned and descaled
1 lemon, thinly sliced

Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Build up the fire in 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 door to keep t

Part of

Fish and Seafood

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