Recipe — 30 minutes · serves 2 · Easy
Whole Roasted Branzino with Lemon and Herbs
Cooked on the bone at high heat so nothing dries out. One fish per person.
Buy the fish for this recipe
Ingredients
- —2 whole branzino, scaled and gutted
- —1 lemon, sliced
- —A handful of parsley, thyme or dill
- —1 fennel bulb or 2 potatoes, sliced thin
- —Olive oil, salt, pepper
Method
- 01
Heat the oven to 220°C. Score the flanks twice on each side, down to the bone.
- 02
Season inside and out, then pack the cavity with lemon slices and herbs.
- 03
Lay the fish on a bed of sliced fennel or potato, dressed with oil and salt.
- 04
Roast 18–25 minutes depending on size.
- 05
Check the thickest point behind the head — the flesh should lift cleanly from the bone.
From the counter: Ask us to scale and gut it at the counter and this becomes a fifteen-minute job at home.