Advertisement

Ingredients

  • Rapeseed oil
  • 4 bream about 400g each scaled, gutted, fins & gills cut off
  • 8 rosemary sprigs plus extra to serve

FOR THE FLAVOURED BUTTER

  • 2 tbsp chopped rosemary
  • 1 shallot chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped
  • finely grated zest 1 orange
  • 250g butter softened

Method

  • STEP 1
    Put chopped rosemary, shallot, garlic and zest in bowl. Add butter and mix together evenly with a spatula. Season to taste. Lay a sheet of cling film on work service and spoon butter mix onto it. Wrap into a long sausage and tie off the ends and chill for 2 hours.
  • STEP 2
    Heat oven to Gas 7 220C/200C fan, lightly oil a roasting tin and place in oven to heat. Lay bream on board and score both sides with a sharp knife at 2cm gaps. Place 2 sprigs rosemary into each fish cavity, oil fish all over and season.
  • STEP 3
    Put fish in roasting tin and cook for 8 mins then turn and cook other side for 7 mins. Remove from oven turn the fish over again and rest for a couple of minutes. Slice the butter into 16 portions.
  • STEP 4
    Lay 4 pieces of butter on each bream and give them 1 min more in the oven. Transfer to warm plate pour over any juices from the tin and serve with extra rosemary, green salad or new potatoes or both.
Advertisement

Comments, questions and tips

Rate this recipe

What is your star rating out of 5?

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

Choose the type of message you'd like to post

Overall rating

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement