Pesce Per Due

Name: Pesce Per Due
Ingredients: 3 cups fine sea salt; 1/2 cup (about 4) egg whites; 1 2-pound branzino, cleaned, head and tail left intact; 2 sprigs rosemary; 3 to 4 parsley stems; 1 clove garlic, slightly bruised; 2 lemon slices

7 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

3 cups fine sea salt
1/2 cup (about 4) egg whites
1 2-pound branzino, cleaned, head and tail left intact
2 sprigs rosemary
3 to 4 parsley stems
1 clove garlic, slightly bruised
2 lemon slices

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 400°F.
2

In a bowl, combine the sea salt and the egg whites and mix well. The mixture should feel like wet sand.
3

Rinse and pat fish dry. Stuff the cavity of the fish with the rosemary, parsley stems, garlic, and lemon slices.
4

Sprinkle baking tray with sea salt. Trim a piece of parchment paper in the shape of the branzino, making the paper 1 inch larger all around than the fish. Place the fish on the parchment-lined tray and cover with the salt mixture, packing down tightly.
5

Place the tray in the oven and cook for 17 to 19 minutes. (When done, the salt should be golden brown around the edges.)