Seabass baked in spinach recipe
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Preparation time: 30 minutes,
Cooking time: 30 minutes,
Oven temperature: 200 °C, 400 °F, gas 6,
Calories: 400 per portion
ingredients
1 seabass, weighing about 750 g (1 1/2 lb), cleaned and gutted
250 g (9 oz) spinach
2 shallots, chopped
150 ml (1/4 pint) dry white wine
3 orange slices, quartered, to garnish
250 g (9 oz) spinach
2 shallots, chopped
150 ml (1/4 pint) dry white wine
3 orange slices, quartered, to garnish
For the stuffing
50 g (2 oz) fresh breadcrumbs
15 g (1/2 oz) butter, melted
2 tablespoons chopped chervil
1 tablespoon chopped tarragon
1 tablespoon chopped basil
1 tablespoon lemon
juice salt and pepper
15 g (1/2 oz) butter, melted
2 tablespoons chopped chervil
1 tablespoon chopped tarragon
1 tablespoon chopped basil
1 tablespoon lemon
juice salt and pepper
method
1. Mix the stuffing ingredients together, seasoning with salt and pepper to taste, and use to stuff the fish cavity.
2. Put the spinach in a colander in a bowl and pour over boiling water. Drain thoroughly. Wrap the stuffed seabass in the blanched spinach, leaving the head and tail exposed.
3. Sprinkle the shallots over the base of a gratin dish and place the fish on top. Pour over the wine. Cover with foil and cook in the oven for 30 minutes.
4. Transfer to a warmed serving dish and garnish with quartered orange slices.
The seabass should be really fresh. In choosing it you should look for firmness of flesh, brightness of eye and gleaming skin with its beautiful markings.
2. Put the spinach in a colander in a bowl and pour over boiling water. Drain thoroughly. Wrap the stuffed seabass in the blanched spinach, leaving the head and tail exposed.
3. Sprinkle the shallots over the base of a gratin dish and place the fish on top. Pour over the wine. Cover with foil and cook in the oven for 30 minutes.
4. Transfer to a warmed serving dish and garnish with quartered orange slices.
The seabass should be really fresh. In choosing it you should look for firmness of flesh, brightness of eye and gleaming skin with its beautiful markings.
serving amount
serves 4
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