Sea bass with almonds
A show-stopper ideal for your festive meals. Once you try this recipe, you won't stop making it!
Servings 6
Ingredients
- 2 sea-bass or 4 fillet 1 fillet per person
- 90 gr almond meal
- 30 gr butter room temp.
- 3 slices of bread soaked in water
- parsley
- 1/2 glass of white wine
- extra virgin olive oil salt, pepper and a garlic clove
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 190° (400F) Fillet the fish, or ask your fishmonger to do that, you also need to remove the scales from the fish skin, wash it and pat it dry.
- In a food processor, or in a bowl, mix together the almond meal, the butter and parsley, season with salt and pepper.
- Divide the mixture in two, and spread it on two fillets. Cover with the other two fillets, to reshape the fish. Tie the fish with a kitchen string, and put both on a baking tray lightly greased and add the garlic clove.
- Cook the fish for 5 minutes then add the wine. Continue cooking the fish for about 30/35min. sprinkling fish stock or water on top if it becomes too dry.
- Take the fish out if the oven and serve a fillet per person with some of the stuffing.
