Salt-Baked Sea Bass

Salt-Baked Sea Bass
Salt-Baked Sea Bass might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 4 servings with 660 calories, 97g of protein, and 23g of fat each. This recipe covers 47% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, and primal diet. If you have pepper, tomato—peeled, kosher salt, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the kosher salt you could follow this main course with the Low Fat Crumbs Cake (Kosher-Dairy) as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

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Preheat the oven to 47
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Season the fish inside and out with pepper. Divide the thyme, parsley and basil sprigs and garlic between the fish cavities; close the cavities with bamboo skewers. In a bowl, combine the fennel, dill and coriander seeds with the salt and water. On a very large rimmed baking sheet, make 2 shallow piles with half of the salt mixture. Set each fish on a pile and cover completely with the remaining salt, pressing to adhere.
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Bake the fish for about 30 minutes, or until an instant-read thermometer registers 130 in the thickest part of the fish.
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Meanwhile, in a bowl, combine the tomato, olive oil and lemon juice and shredded basil; season with salt and pepper.
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Using a small hammer or the back of a heavy knife, break the crust.
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Brush off any salt on the fish. Lift the fish from the bones onto plates and serve with the sauce.
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Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir are my top picks for Fish. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. The Maysaran Arsheen Pinot Gris with a 4.5 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 18 dollars per bottle.
Maysara Arsheen Pinot Gris
Maysara Arsheen Pinot Gris
A bright expression of fruit right up front, greeting your palate with notes of cut grass on a warm day. The wine is anchored by crisp acidity, but not so much as to overpower a fleeting tease of sweetness that leaves you smiling. Arsheen has a smart, refreshing character that will bestow clarity to a range of preparations of fish, fowl, and pork.
DifficultyHard
Ready In45 m.
Servings4
Health Score100
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