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Baked Sea Bass (Branzino Al Forno)

5 from 6 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 35 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 2 people
Calories 299 kcal

Ingredients
 

for the stewed vegetables

  • 4 Shallots
  • 4 Garlic cloves
  • ½ stick of leek
  • 2 Limes fresh
  • 3 tbsp Virgin olive oil that can be fried
  • 3 tbsp Corn flour or coarser wheat flour
  • Some smoked paprika powder, Worcestershire sauce
  • Salt and white pepper
  • 1 small red and 1 green pointed pepper each
  • 2 Plum tomatoes
  • 1 White onion
  • 1 Stick of celery diced
  • 2 Crushed garlic cloves
  • 1 Red hot pepper
  • 1 sprig of rosemary and thyme, 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tbsp Tomato paste
  • 4 Tomatoes dried in oil
  • 100 ml White wine dry
  • 1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar, a little Sugar
  • Possibly also 1 small glass of fine capers
  • 2 tbsp Extra virgin olive oil

Instructions
 

  • For the vegetable sauce, heat the oil in a pan, add the peppers cut into fine cubes, the celery and the onion cut into small slices and slowly sauté until translucent. Then add tomato paste and braise well. Deglaze with the white wine and meat stock. Reduce the heat, add the plum tomatoes cut into small pieces, the garlic, the tied herbs, the chopped peppers and the chopped tomatoes. Season with balsamic vinegar, a little sugar, salt & pepper and fold in the capers if necessary. Reduce over a mild heat until the sauce takes on a creamy consistency. Remove the herb bunch and coarsely strain the sauce.
  • In the meantime, scale the exempted fish, then wash them with cold water and dab with kitchen roll, outside and inside, then drizzle with the juice of a lime. Salt and pepper the abdominal cavity and season with the smoked paprika and Worchester sauce. Then fill with two finely chopped shallots / garlic cloves and the sliced ​​lime. Salt and pepper the fish on both sides and turn in the flour. Preheat the oven to 180 degrees, put the olive oil in a frying pan and heat in the oven. Place the fish on top, fry a little and add a little rosemary, the finely chopped leek and the remaining shallot and garlic slices. Let it fry for about 15 minutes on the middle rack. Then increase the temperature to 200 degrees, turn the fish once and cover with the vegetable sauce. Depending on the size of the fish, cook for another 15 to 20 minutes (cooking test).

Side dish recommendation:

  • Potatoes, risotto, rice, various salads, fennel vegetables,

Nutrition

Serving: 100gCalories: 299kcalCarbohydrates: 0.9gProtein: 0.4gFat: 28.6g
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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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