Sea Bass in Salt and Shell Recipe

Sea bass, which is traditionally baked in baklava dough and featured on restaurant menus, is cooked in its own oil and water in dough prepared with sea salt, the recipe of which Tuti Restaurant shared with Yemek.com readers. It takes its place on your table, accompanied by slowly cooked fondant potatoes in butter and roasted pepper sauce.

How to Make Sea Bass in Salt and Shell Recipe?

• To make the salt dough that will help the sea bass cook better; Finely chop the fresh thyme and rosemary.
• Place the flour and sea salt in a mixing bowl. Add egg whites, freshly ground black pepper, chopped thyme and rosemary and knead the dough by hand until combined. After covering it with stretch film, let it rest in the refrigerator for about 20 minutes.
• Slice the sea bass into fillets and remove the bones. Be careful to give it a rectangular shape.
• Roll out the salted dough resting in the cupboard to 0.5 cm with the help of a rolling pin. After rolling it out to thickness, place the fillet sea bass slice on the dough. Cover the remaining piece of dough over the fish and secure the edges.
• Bake the fish in a preheated oven at 170 degrees for 15-20 minutes until the dough gets a light color.
• To prepare the fondant potatoes that you will serve as a side dish; After peeling the fresh potatoes, cut them into thick cylindrical slices.
• Add butter, fresh thyme, fresh rosemary, black pepper and garlic and cook over low heat for 20-25 minutes.
• For the roasted pepper aioli sauce; crush the garlic. Quickly whisk the egg yolks with the crushed garlic and olive oil that you added little by little.
• Add the roasted pepper puree and let it thicken. After adding lemon juice, salt and pepper, continue mixing the sauce.
• Place the fish cooked in salt dough on a serving plate. After removing the top crust, add your desired greens.
• Serve immediately with potato slices cooked in butter and the roasted pepper sauce you prepared. Share with your loved ones.