Name: Whole bream and vegetables bake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 500g potatoes; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1 red pepper; 2 Tbsp pitted & sliced black olives; 2 Tbsp olive oil; zest of 1 lemon; 1 bunch of parsley; 2 medium whole sea bream, gutted and cleaned; 100 ml white wine or the juice of the lemon; Chopped parsley leaves to garnish

Whole bream and vegetables bake

6 Jan 2016

by Dinna

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

30 minutes

Total Time

40 minutes

Background

This whole bream and vegetables bake is a one-dish wonder, the only thing you'll need to add is a salad perhaps to have a complete meal. It's easy to make and easy to adapt if you want to use up other veggies in your fridge - courgettes, beets, onions, fennel would all work well.

Ingredients

500g potatoes
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 red pepper
2 Tbsp pitted & sliced black olives
2 Tbsp olive oil
zest of 1 lemon
1 bunch of parsley
2 medium whole sea bream, gutted and cleaned
100 ml white wine or the juice of the lemon
Chopped parsley leaves to garnish

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 200°C.
Cook the potatoes in boiling water for about 10 mins until just cooked - then drain and slice into 1 cm rounds. Lay them in a roasting dish.
Slice the pepper and scatter on top of the potatoes together with the olives. Mix half of the olive oil with the garlic and lemon zest. Pour this over the vegetables, using a silicon brush coat them evenly. Season to taste.
Place the fish on top of the vegetables. Season with salt and pepper, then place the parsley into the cavity of the fish. Drizzle the fish with remaining oil.
Bake for 15 minutes then pour over the wine. Cook for another 10 minutes or so until the potatoes are brown the fish is cooked through.
Serve with some chopped parsley scattered on top.