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🍽️ Sea Bass in a Crispy Salt Crust

180 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius fan-forced.
  2. 2. Rinse the sea bass thoroughly and pat it dry with a kitchen towel.
  3. 3. Slice the lemon into thin rounds.
  4. 4. Season the inside of the fish with some pepper.
  5. 5. Stuff the fish cavity with the lemon slices and the thyme sprigs.
  6. 6. Whisk the egg whites in a bowl until they are slightly frothy.
  7. 7. Stir the salt into the egg whites.
  8. 8. Add cold water gradually until the mixture is moldable but not too wet.
  9. 9. Take about half of the salt mixture and spread it into a heatproof dish.
  10. 10. Place the stuffed fish in the center of the salt layer.
  11. 11. Cover the fish completely with the remaining salt mixture.
  12. 12. Press the salt crust firmly to create a sealed shell.
  13. 13. Place the dish in the preheated oven.
  14. 14. Bake the fish for about 30 minutes.
  15. 15. Remove the dish from the oven.
  16. 16. Carefully break open the salt crust.
  17. 17. Remove the salt crust from the fish.
  18. 18. Serve the sea bass immediately.

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