Ingredients
- 2 kg coarse salt
- 800 g 2 already gutted sea bream
- 500 g fine salt
- 2 egg whites
- 1 lemon
- White wine
- fennel
- garlic
- parsley
- extra virgin olive oil
To prepare the sea bream in a fennel and lemon crust, stuffed the belly of the two fish with 1 clove of garlic and a sprig of parsley.
whisk finely in a mixer a bunch of parsley and one of fennel, add half of the salt and continue to blend. Beat the egg whites until stiff.
Jumbled up coarse salt with the remaining salt and then with the herb salt. Mix well with your hands.
Incorporate then whipped egg whites, 2 tablespoons of white wine and grated lemon zest.
Roll out a layer of salt 1 cm thick in a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Lay down a fish and cover it with a layer of salt. Give the salt crust the shape of the fish leaving the tail out. Repeat the operation for the second fish.
Bake in the fan oven at 180 ° C for 40-45 minutes.
Remove from the oven, then with a small hammer break the crust starting from the center.
Fillet fish and season with a little oil and chopped herbs to taste.