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Salt Crusted Branzino
Whole Branzino is stuffed with lemon and herbs and baked in a salt crust.
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Salt Crusted Branzino
About This Recipe
| Yield: | serves 4 |
| Active time: | 20 minutes |
| Total time: | 60 minutes |
Ingredients
- 2 1-pound whole branzino, gutted
- 4 sprigs rosemary
- 4 slices lemon
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 1 3-pound box coarse kosher salt
- 6 egg whites
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Procedures
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1
Preheat oven to 40°F. In a large bowl, whisk together egg whites and salt to form a coarse paste.
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2
Lay out a baking sheet large enough to hold the two fish. Cover sheet with 1/4 inch layer of salt.
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3
Lay fish on salt. Stuff each fish with 2 sprigs of rosemary, 1/4 cup of parsley, and 2 slices of lemon.
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4
Pack remaining salt over top of fish until a sealed crust is formed. Bake fish until salt is golden and a thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the fish reads 135 degrees, about 20 minutes. Let fish stand 10 minutes.
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5
To serve, crack open salt crust. Fillet fish and drizzle with olive olive. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
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