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Whole Salt Baked Fish


This is a great way to cook whole fish, sounds really quite scary but in actual fact is so simple, the salt is there only to cook the fish in its own little "oven" the salt isn't to be eaten!

My Fishandtips for this is, use whole fish, sea bass, sea bream etc, the fish must be gutted but not scaled or trimmed, this helps keep your fish moist and juicy, you can if you're feeling very flash, mix some lemon zest and chopped herbs through the salt mix, this gives a fantastic aroma and extra flavour to the fish


Shopping list

2 whole fish approximately 1kg

2kg of cooking salt

3 egg whites

1 lemon

Bunch of soft herbs, Basil, parsley, tarragon etc


Method


Heat the oven to 200c

Mix the egg whites in to the salt

Spread a layer of the mix on a roasting tin

Place the fish no top

Put some of the herbs and lemon slices in side the fish

Now carefully cover the fish with the remaining salt

Make sure there are no gaps

Place in the oven and bake for 15-20 minutes

Remove from the oven, by now the salt will be rock hard! So give it a good whack

Lift the salt crust away

Place on a serving tray

Place in the centre of the table and let everyone dive in

I've served mine with some new potatoes and buttered samphire, but the choice is yours

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