HOW TO COOK SEA BREAM WITH GARLIC AND ROSEMARY
HOW TO COOK SEA BREAM WITH GARLIC AND ROSEMARY
HOW TO COOK SEA BREAM WITH GARLIC AND ROSEMARY

Ingredients
  • 1 x 450g/1lb sea bream
  • scaled and gutted (or 2 x 160g/5½oz sea bream fillets)
  • 6 cloves of roasted garlic
  • skin left on (simply roast garlic cloves
  • wrapped in foil
  • in a hot oven with a drizzle of olive oil and sea salt for about ten minutes)
  • 1 small dried chilli (or to taste)
  • a few sprigs fresh rosemary
  • pinch of sea salt
  • 2 tbsp dry white wine
  • 50ml/2fl oz good-quality
  • fruity
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • chopped parsley
  • 1 lemon
  • quartered
Directions
  • Preheat the oven to 220C/430F/Gas 7. Using a sharp
  • flexible knife
  • remove the fillets from the sea bream (or ask your fishmonger to do this for you).
  • Place a large piece of aluminium foil
  • about 60cm/24in long
  • onto a work surface and cover with a layer of parchment paper almost the same size. Fold over the edges so that the foil and parchment are secured together at the edges.
  • Place the fillets onto the parchment paper and scatter over the roasted garlic cloves (squeeze them gently to release the soft insides as you do so).
  • Crumble over the dried chilli and scatter over some rosemary leaves. Season with sea salt and pour over the wine. Drizzle over the olive oil.
  • Seal the parchment paper and foil around the fish. Start at the ends
  • rolling them inwards to ensure the ends are properly sealed
  • then crimp the sides to create a pasty-shaped parcel. The parcel should be tightly sealed so that the fish steams as it cooks without any steam escaping.
  • Place the fish in a roasting tray. Place in the preheated oven and roast for 8-10 minutes.
  • When cooked
  • remove from the oven and place onto a large serving plate. Carefully undo the foil and parchment
  • folding back the sides.
  • To serve
  • sprinkle over some chopped fresh parsley and squeeze over fresh lemon juice to taste.