Recipes: Roasted Sea bass with lemon & fennel

Roasted Sea bass with lemon & fennel
Serves/Quantity: Serves 4

Ingredients

  • 1 whole sea bass weighing 1kg (2lb 3oz) or individual fish weighing 340g-500g (12oz-18oz) each
  • 3 bulbs of fennel, trimmed//2-3 x 15ml _2-3 tbsp) olive oil
  • 3 lemons halved
  • handful of fresh dill
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 220C, 425F, Gas mark 7.
  2. Lightly oil 2 roasting tins
  3. Cut the fennel into wedges.Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat. Add the lemons, cut side down, and the fennel, fry until golden and caramelised. The lemon probably will not take as long as the fennel.
  4. Stuff the sea bass with the dill and season well inside. Put the fish in the roasting dishes and brush lightly with olive oil.
  5. Arrange the caramelised lemons and fennel around the fish. Sprinkle the fish with salt and black pepper and bake for 20-25 minutes or until the fish is opaque and comes away easily from the bones.
  6. Serve immediately with the lemon and fennel, and all the festive trimmings

Additional Information

A centrepiece to rival any turkey on the Christmas dinner table
 

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