Description
This entire roasted fish recipe is from Le Sud, and impressed by Rebekah Peppler’s time spent on the Côte d’Azur. It’s the right method to welcome summer time, wherever you’re.
- 9 tablespoons [135 ml] extra-virgin olive oil, plus extra for serving
- 4 shallots, thinly sliced
- Pinch crimson pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup [120 ml] A Very Basic Pistou (recipe follows)
- 2 lemons
- Tremendous sea salt
- Freshly floor black pepper
- Six 1 pound [455 g] entire sea bass, branzino, or rainbow trout, cleaned and scaled
- Flaky sea salt
- Preheat the oven to 475°F [240°C].
- In a big skillet over medium warmth, add 3 tablespoons of the oil. As soon as the oil is sizzling, add the shallots and cook dinner, stirring, till tender and golden, about 5 minutes. Add the crimson pepper flakes and cook dinner for 30 seconds extra. Take away the skillet from the warmth and put aside to chill barely. Stir within the pistou and the lemon zest from one of many lemons. Season with tremendous sea salt and pepper.
- Pat the fish dry and season with tremendous sea salt and pepper, in and out. Thinly slice one of many lemons; take away and discard the seeds. Stuff every fish cavity with 3 or 4 lemon slices, then tuck 1 to 1½ tablespoons of the shallot-pistou combination into every cavity and organize the fish in a single layer on a baking sheet. Drizzle every fish with a tablespoon of the remaining olive oil and place within the oven. Roast till the flesh is opaque and flaky, 15 to twenty minutes. Switch to a serving platter, drizzle with olive oil, and sprinkle with flaky sea salt. Lower the remaining lemon into wedges and serve with the fish.