Baked sea bream
An easy to make recipe with sea bream, perfect for a healthy meal
Ingredients
- 2 whole sea breams, (approximately 750 gms), gutted, scaled and washed
- zest and juice of 1 orange
- 1 small bunch of coriander, finely chopped
- 1 inch ginger, finely chopped
- 3-4 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
- ½ tsp ground coriander
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp crushed red chillies
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
- a handful of pine nuts(optional, but recommended, adds a nice bite)
Instructions
- Pre heat the oven at 200 deg cel.
- Pat dry the fishes with a kitchen towel and make 3-4 diagonal incisions on both sides.
- Mix together all the rest of the ingredients.
- Place the fishes, side by side on a greased roasting tray.
- Spoon over half of the orange mixture on the fishes. Rub the mixture well over the skins on both sides and also into the slits.
- Place the tray into the centre of the pre heated oven and bake for 6-7 minutes.
- Remove the tray and spoon over the rest of the orange mixture, the same way as before.
- Return the tray to the oven and bake for another 6-7 minutes or till the fish is cooked completely ( the flesh will turn white ).
- Serve hot . A simple fresh salad goes well with this, but we gorged on some roast potatoes as well !