Caribbean Salt Baked Fish Recipe featuring red snapper.
Caribbean Salt Baked Fish Recipe
Caribbean Salt Baked Fish Recipe featuring red snapper.
Ingredients
| 4400g | red snapper, gutted |
| Pinch | Coarse ground black pepper (ideally Steenbergs) |
| 12 sprigs | fresh flat-leaf parsley |
| 5kg | Traditional sea salt (not normal table salt) |
Method
- Pre-heat the oven to 220oC. Wash the fish and pat dry. Sprinkle the inside cavities of the fish well with the Steenbergs black pepper and stuff with parsley.
- Spread on 2 baking trays with half the sea salt. Place the fish on the baking trays and cover with the remaining sea salt. Press the salt firmly around the fish and sprinkle with a little water. Bake for 15 minutes, then let the fish settle for 5 minutes.
- To serve, remove the salt in large pieces and place the fish on plates. Serve with lemon wedges and new potatoes, tomato salad with balsamic vinaigrette.
- Just before serving the new potatoes, season with sea salt and black pepper and pour on 1tbsp of extra virgin olive oil.
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