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Baked sea bream with garlic prawns

Preparation time
less than 30 mins

Cooking time
10 to 30 mins

Serves
Serves 4

By The Hairy Bikers
From Saturday Kitchen

Ingredients

For the herb oil

  • 150ml/5fl oz olive oil
  • 2–3 rosemary sprigs, roughly chopped
  • 2–3 thyme sprigs, roughly chopped
  • 2–3 sage sprigs, roughly chopped
  • 2–3 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

For the baked sea bream

  • 2 whole sea bream, scaled and gutted (about 400g/14oz each)
  • 1 lemon, thinly sliced, plus lemon wedges
  • sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • asparagus, griddled, to serve

For the garlic prawns

  • 150ml/5fl oz olive oil
  • 4 garlic cloves, very finely chopped
  • 3 tbsp very finely chopped parsley leaves
  • generous pinch chilli flakes
  • 600g/1lb 5oz whole king prawns, peeled and deveined, tail tip and head left on

Method

  1. To make the herb oil, pour the oil into a small saucepan. Add half the rosemary, thyme and sage and all the garlic. Heat gently for a few minutes, watching to make sure the garlic only slightly colours. Leave to cool, then strain into a jug or bottle.

  2. Preheat the oven to 200C/180C Fan/Gas 6. Line a large roasting tray with two sheets of kitchen foil, leaving enough overlap so it can be folded into a loose parcel. Grease the foil with herb oil. Slash the sea bream two to three times on each side using a sharp knife. Season generously, inside and out, and stuff with the remaining herbs and half the lemon. Tuck half the remaining lemon under the fish and place the rest on top. Drizzle over more herb oil and wrap the fish in the foil.

  3. Bake for 15–20 minutes, or until cooked through and piping hot. Unwrap and transfer to a serving platter, drizzling over any juices that have collected in the foil. Drizzle over a little more herb oil.

  4. Meanwhile, for the garlic prawns, heat the oil in a large frying pan and add the garlic, parsley, chilli and a large pinch of salt. Cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly, until the garlic starts to soften but not colour. Turn up the heat and add the prawns, frying briskly for 1–2 minutes on each side until they have turned completely pink. Transfer the prawns to kitchen paper using a slotted spoon.

  5. Serve the sea bream and garlic prawns with lemon wedges and griddled asparagus.

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