Baked sea bass with fennel

Baked sea bass with fennel

Cook your fish Italian-style with this simple recipe - just six ingredients, but full of Mediterranean flavour

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Super healthy

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Rinse and dry the fish. Season all over, then stuff the cavity with some fennel slices, lemon and basil. Scatter the olives and any leftover fennel, basil and lemon into a roasting tin.
  2. Place the sea bass on top. Drizzle each fish with the oil and bake for about 30 mins or until cooked through and starting to brown.

Per serving

284 kcalories, protein 40g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 2g, sugar 3g, salt 0.53 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, August 2010.

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  • 29 July 2010

    Anne-Marie commented on this recipe

    I think 30 mn cooking is slightly too long 20 t0 25 mn is plenty. Icooked one that we fished last weekend for just under 20mn .

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  • 01 August 2010

    RobinMills rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is a great simple way to present sea-Bass! At first I was concerned that the fennel would over power the fish but, this was not the case. 20mins, as pointed out is enough time for this recipe. All the flavours are spot on!

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  • 28 November 2010

    Jane rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this last night with sea bream, very easy , simple tastes and the fish was cooked perfectly.

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  • 20 December 2010

    Miss Smith rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    simple and delicious!

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  • 21 May 2011

    carrotnotstick rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Simple, flavoursome, easy to make... what more does one want?:) Made this many times over, and still a firm favourite [says she who hated fish as a child].

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  • 13 November 2011

    Bigfish commented on this recipe

    Excellent recipe but as others have remarked 20 minutes would be a better baking time - well it is in my fan assisted oven - 30 minutes was too long the fish was overcooked!

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  • 17 November 2011

    RosieJ commented on this recipe

    Great recipe. Even my daughter who usually hates fish will eat this and come back for seconds!

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  • 29 January 2012

    Eatingfortwo rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Easy and looks impressive. 20 minutes is right for perfectly moist fish.

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  • 30 April 2012

    Adamsky rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very easy and came out great, served mine with new potatoes.

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  • 20 September 2012

    Aaron rated this recipe

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  • 04 April 2013

    NewbieChef commented on this recipe

    I know I'm being wisful in hoping the sun will shine but do you think you could wrap the ingrediants in foil and cook on a bbq?

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  • 22 May 2013

    scentedletters commented on this recipe

    This was lovely and I'm this making for the second time tonight. I used fillets and put the lemon, basil and fennel between them - like a sandwich. Such great, fresh flavours.

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  • 24 May 2013

    Jo-Jo rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    This is wonderful and so very simple...served with crushed new potatoes and asparagus...for that seasonal perfection! I also only cooked for 20mins and that was more than enough for the fish!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 2

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 30 mins

Super healthy

Ingredients

  • 2 small sea bass , scaled and gutted (ask your fishmonger to do this)
  • 1 fennel bulb , sliced
  • 1 lemon , sliced
  • handful basil leaves , roughly torn
  • small handful black olives
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
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Per serving

284 kcalories, protein 40g, carbohydrate 3g, fat 13 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 2g, sugar 3g, salt 0.53 g

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