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Salt Baked Sea bream

SALT BAKED SEA BREAM

Course after work cooking, easy recipe, fish recipe, From the Oven
Cuisine brittany
Keyword SALT BAKED SEA BREAM
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 4 People
Author Labsalliebe

Ingredients

INGREDIENTS SALT BAKED SEA BREAM

  • 2 Sea Breams cleaned, but with scales
  • 2-3 kg coarse sea salt

INGREDIENTS MAMIE FOUESNANTS SHALLOT CREAM SAUCE

  • 1 shallot
  • 120 ml white wine
  • 500 ml fish stock
  • 70 g salted butter
  • 70 ml cream
  • salt, pepper

Instructions

PERPARATION SALT BAKED SEA BREAM

  1. Preheat oven to 250°.

  2. In a large casserole, spread the salt to a height of about 1 cm.

  3. Place the Sea Breams on top and cover them completely with the remaining salt.

  4. Bake the fish in the oven for 30 minutes.

  5. Break the salt crust or cut with a sharp knife and remove the sea bream.

  6. Fillet and serve immediately with Mamie Fouesnant’s shallot cream sauce.

PREPARATION MAMIE FOUESNANTS SHALLOT CREAM SAUCE

  1. Peel and dice the shallot finely.

  2. Place white wine in a saucepan and allow it to boil together with the shallot. Reduce it to one-quarter.

  3. Pour in fish stock and then reduce again.

  4. Stir in the cream and butter in flakes and reheat the sauce at a low temperature. Season with salt and pepper.

  5. Whisk with a blender until foamy.

Recipe Notes

Serve with grilled vegetables (eggplant, potatoes and red peppers) and Sir Torshi - pickled garlic.

Recommended wine: Petit Chablis – Louis Jadot