Roasted Bream

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.