Wednesday, September 5, 2007

Whole Baked Fish

This simply elegant dish will impress in both presentation and taste! Cold wild rice with nuts makes a great side dish too!
Prep:15m Cook:20m Servings:4

Ingredients
1 whole bream, cleaned
juice and zest of 2 limes
1 lemon
1 red chilli
1 stick lemongrass
30ml/2 tblsp olive oil
1 tblsp butter
1 small bunch watercress
1 tblsp chopped chives
salt and cracked pepper to taste

Directions
1-.Make three diagonal cuts into the fish on both sides.
2-.Remove the zest from the limes and chop finely.
3-.Chop the red chilli and finely slice the lemongrass and mix with olive oil.
4-.Place the fish into a roasting tray, season to taste and pour lime juice into the cuts on each side of the fish. Pour a little olive oil mixture into each of the cuts and brush onto the fish with the remaining oil.
5-.Place the fish into a pre-heated oven (180C/355F) or kettle BBQ and cook for approximately 20 minutes.
6-.Add to the juice left in the roasting tray a tblsp of butter, the washed and drained watercress and coarsely chopped chives.
7-.Place in the oven until the watercress starts to collapse and becomes limp. Remove, add the lemon juice and serve over the fish.

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