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Filet de daurade au four
Baked sea bream with tomatoes and olives
⏱ 30 minServes 4Easy280 kcal
A recipe from Le Chaudron — the cooking of France’s regions.
01 — Ingredients4 servings
4skin-on sea bream fillets, 180 g / 6 oz
2lemons
300 g (11 oz)cherry tomatoes
6 clovesgarlic
1bunch of fresh basil
1bunch of flat-leaf parsley
100 ml (½ cup)extra-virgin olive oil
100 ml (½ cup)dry white wine
3 sprigsfresh thyme
100 g (3½ oz)Niçoise olives
2 tbspcapers
1 tspdried oregano
1 tspfleur de sel (flaky sea salt)
1 tspfreshly ground pepper
- 4 skin-on sea bream fillets, 180 g / 6 oz
- 2 lemons
- 300 g (11 oz) cherry tomatoes
- 6 cloves garlic
- 1 bunch of fresh basil
- 1 bunch of flat-leaf parsley
- 100 ml (½ cup) extra-virgin olive oil
- 100 ml (½ cup) dry white wine
- 3 sprigs fresh thyme
- 100 g (3½ oz) Niçoise olives
- 2 tbsp capers
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp fleur de sel (flaky sea salt)
- 1 tsp freshly ground pepper
Quantities scaled for — some (egg, lemon, garlic…) are rounded to what’s practical.
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03 — Method
- Preheat the oven to 200 °C (400 °F) fan. Take the fillets out 15 minutes ahead and pat dry on both sides.
- Score the skin 3 times on the diagonal, only 2 mm (1/16 in) deep, so the fillets don’t curl.
- Halve the 300 g (11 oz) of cherry tomatoes lengthwise. Remove the germ from the 6 garlic cloves and slice thinly. Cut the 2 lemons into 5 mm (¼ in) half-moons.
- Lay the fillets skin side up in the large parchment-lined baking dish and season generously.
- Scatter the tomatoes, garlic, lemon, thyme sprigs, Niçoise olives and capers around the fish.
- Crumble dried oregano over the top.
- Drizzle with the extra-virgin olive oil (80 ml / ⅓ cup), especially over the skin. Pour the white wine into the dish.
- Bake for 18 minutes at 200 °C (400 °F) fan until the skin is golden and the fish flakes easily. Sprinkle generously with fresh basil and parsley.
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