Spanish cuisine · Fish & Seafood

Dorada a la Sal

Sea bream baked in a salt crust – juicy, aromatic and spectacular at the table.

Ingredients · for 2 servings

• 1 sea bream (approx. 800 g)
• 2 kg coarse sea salt
• 2 egg whites
• 1 lemon
• 2 sprigs of thyme
• Olive oil

Instructions

1. Mix the salt with the egg whites and a little water to the texture of damp sand.
2. Fill the fish with lemon slices and thyme.
3. Place it on a bed of salt and cover it completely with the remaining salt.
4. Bake at 200 °C for 30 minutes and let it rest for 5 minutes.
5. Break open the crust, fillet the fish and serve with good olive oil.