Turkish cuisine · Fish & Seafood

Fırında Çipura

Oven-baked gilt-head bream with olive oil, bay leaf and tomatoes.

Ingredients · for 2 servings

• 2 gilt-head breams
• Olive oil
• Bay leaf, lemon
• Cherry tomatoes
• Potatoes (optional)

Instructions

1. Gut the breams, rinse, pat very dry, score the sides and salt inside and out.
2. Rub with olive oil and place in a baking dish with lemon slices and bay leaf.
3. Add the cherry tomatoes (and optionally potato wedges) and drizzle with olive oil.
4. Bake at 200 °C for 30–35 min until the fish is flaky and the skin browns.
5. Baste with the pan juices and serve with lemon.