During the usual busy run up to Christmas, I actually managed to grab a few moments and watched "
River Cottage: Three go Mad Christmas Special", I was very impressed at the Sea bass baked in Sea Salt, with Salsa.
A few years ago, I had ruined a sea bass trying to cook it this way, but watching the programme gave me confidence to try again.
We saw some beautiful fish on the fish counter when we were shopping, sea salt is plentiful and cheap. I had parsley and lemons at home, and I have mentioned the wild fennel that grows on the dunes before, so I decided to have another go.
I am delighted I did, the fish was perfect. It cooked beautifully, the fennel and lemon gently flavouring the fish. This is a recipe I will be repeating again, and may well cook when I'm home, if I can find some good sea bass (and fennel).
If you follow the link you will find the River Cottage recipe
here. As with so much of the best cooking the recipe is straight forward, without a plethora of ingredients and even more importantly, it works. I made the accompanying Salsa, which further enhanced the meal.
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| Perfection on a plate |
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| The sea bass were not large, so we bought two |
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| Mixing some water into the salt |
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| Covering the baking tray |
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| Stuffing the fish |
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| Covering the fish |
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| Adding the second fish |
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| Making the salsa |
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| A messy job |
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| Stunning green, wonderful for the winter |
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| The two fish baked |
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| Just perfect |
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| My daughter prefers Ketchup! |
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| Sea Bass and Salsa Verde |
This is really impressive and it looks cooked to perfection! :-) As you say sometimes the simplest recipes are the best!
ReplyDeleteThere is so much to be said for simple and fresh food, sounds obvious, but so many recipes get so convoluted it puts me off sometimes. Its refreshing to find a good recipe with easy ingredients but rewards with lovely flavour and this sea bass certainly looks really lovely. Will have to look Hugh up as unfortunately I don't have any of his books.
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