Foil-baked sea bass recipe with new potatoes, lemon and herbs

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Foil-baked sea bass recipe with new potatoes, lemon and herbs

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This whole baked sea bass recipe is an easy, oven-baked showstopper. Garlicky butter, lemons, and fresh herbs are baked together with whole sea bass in foil, so the fish can soak up lots of the lovely flavours as it cooks, as well as creating a sauce for the fish. If you’ve never cooked a whole fish before, give this recipe a go – it’s easier than you might think, and leaving the fish whole means it stays succulent and tender.
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This whole baked sea bass recipe is an easy, oven-baked showstopper. Garlicky butter, lemons, and fresh herbs are baked together with whole sea bass in foil, so the fish can soak up lots of the lovely flavours as it cooks, as well as creating a sauce for the fish. If you’ve never cooked a whole fish before, give this recipe a go – it’s easier than you might think, and leaving the fish whole means it stays succulent and tender.
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Ingredients

Servings
4
1 kg
M&S new potato, halved
2
M&S whole sea bass
2
M&S Remarksable Value lemons, sliced
10 g
fresh flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
10 g
fresh dill, finely chopped
50 g
M&S Collection garlic and herb butter, cut into rounds
200 g
M&S Collection sugardrop tomatoes, whole
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step 1
Preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas mark 6.
step 2
Arrange the new potatoes (1 kg) on a baking sheet and drizzle with olive oil. Roast for 25 minutes, until golden and starting to become tender.
step 3
Meanwhile, prepare the fish (2). Score each of the fish 4-5 times along the top with a sharp knife.
step 4
Place a large sheet of foil on a flat baking sheet and drizzle with a little olive oil. Lay one whole sea bass on top and use a sharp knife to cut a little more deeply into the cavity. Stuff with half the lemon slices (2) and half of the parsley (10 g) and dill (10 g) (reserve a few to garnish), placing a few lemon slices on top. Add two garlic butter rounds (50 g) and then drizzle with a little olive oil and season well with salt and pepper. Fold the foil over the fish, crimping the edges together tightly. Repeat the process with the second fish, using a fresh sheet of foil.
step 5
Remove the potatoes from the oven and add the tomatoes (200 g). Place back in the oven along with the fish and roast for a further 17-20 minutes, until the fish is tender and cooked through and the tomatoes are jammy.
step 6
Scatter the fish with some extra herbs and serve with the potatoes and tomatoes, along with a spoonful of juices from the foil.
step 6 Scatter the fish with some extra herbs and serve with the potatoes and tomatoes, along with a spoonful of juices from the foil.

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