Baked Sea Bream with lemon and sage - Orata al limone e salvia

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Fish is good and light, everyone should eat fish at least 2 times a week, of course not fishsticks or fish and chips which are... another story.

Once a week I like to go to the fish market and get the offer of the day, in general here it's salmon or sea bream. This time I've got sea bream! Today's fish recipe it's really easy, simple, tasteful and light, a perfect dish if served with baked or boiled potatoes and a veggie of your choice. You'll need half of a large fish per person, this recipe is for two persons, in case you just double the ingredients.

Serves 2

Ingredients:

1 large Sea Bream

2 small organic lemons

few leaves of fresh sage

3 garlic cloves

2 tbs extra virgin olive oil

1/4 cup of dry white wine

Unrefined corse sea salt, pepper

a small piece of butter (10gr), optional

Cut the lemon in half (lenghtwise) and slice it. Pour one tbs of olive oil in a small baking pan. Place the cleaned Sea Bream in the pan, fill it with a slice of lemon, a garlic clove, 2 leaves of sage, a little of corse salt and pepper. Place the lemon slices on the top of the bream as shown in the picture. Place the remaining garlic, sage and lemon around the fish and add 2-3 small pieces of butter. Add salt and pepper on the top, place in the oven on 170°C for 20 to 25 minutes, depending on your oven. After The first 5 minutes open the oven and pour the wine over the fish.

Your fish is cooked when the skin (and lemon slices) gets little roasted (see the picture above)

Bone the fish and serve it with his cooking sauce and baked or boiled potatoes... Buon appetito!!

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