04/01/2016
Do you love fresh fish as much as we do here at Whisk? Have you ever been bold enough to try your hand at cooking a whole fish? I have an easy recipe/technique that will convince you it is one of the best ways to enjoy a fish like Bronzini. First of all this fish alone is delicious....light, white, and slightly sweet and perfectly suited to be cooked whole. The technique is roasting in parchment paper so it's virtually fool proof, and always comes out perfect. I have tweaked this recipe over a few trials, and honestly each try was delicious in it's own right ;) Let me know if you try it and what you thought, please!! Bon Appetit and !
Parchment Roasted Bronzini
1 -2 (total 2lb) whole bronzini, or other whole white fish, scaled, gutted, gills removed
1 cup couscous
1 whole lemon
1 bunch fresh parsley
1 cup halved grape tomatoes
1 cup red onions, thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic, crushed
Teaspoon of oregano,
3 teaspoons salt
Salt & pepper to taste
1.Preheat oven to 425 F. Pat bronzini dry. With a large knife, make two slits on each side of the fish. Salt & pepper fish inside and out.
2. With a food processor, combine 2 cloves garlic, oregano, salt & 3 tbsp olive oil into a paste. Use 3/4 of spice paste to season the bronzini on both sides, pat the spice paste into the fish pushing it into the slits you made earlier. Set the remaining 1/4 of the spice paste aside.
3.Arrange couscous next to fish on all sides. Add remaining lemon, red onion & tomatoes on fish around outside of couscous, creating somewhat of a wall. Sprinkle the vegetables with a pinch of salt and the remaining 1/4 of the spice paste. Drizzle generously with olive oil. Fold over edges of parchment paper, stapling if necessary, to create an almost airtight seal. Bake in oven for 30 minutes. Carefully open and serve with toasted flatbread and salad of your choice.