Baked Sea Bass in Butter and Garlic

 烘烤鲈鱼

Enjoy restaurant quality baked sea bass in the comfort of your home. This delectable dish is very easy to cook. Do give it a try if you love garlic and butter. This recipe serves two. 

Ingredients

1 fresh sea bass fillet, about 170g to 200g  (do not buy farm-bred ones which carry a mud taste)

4 cloves of garlic (peeled)

2 tablespoon olive oil (I use cold press extra virgin olive oil)

20g unsalted butter (cut into thin slides)

1/4 teaspoon salt

Dashes of freshly ground black pepper

1 tablespoon white wine

1 spoonful of love

Method

1. Place garlic cloves in a small pot and add olive oil. Cook the garlic cloves over very low heat in the stove until the garlic cloves are tender and cooked through and lightly caramelized. Takes about 15 to 20 mins. Remove from heat and let the garlic cloves cool down to room temperature.

2. Rub both sides of the sea bass with olive oil (from cooking the garlic cloves), salt and black pepper.

3. Place the sea bass in a baking dish with the skin side facing up.

4. Place the butter slices on the skin.

5. Mash each garlic clove by pressing them between your thumb and index finger, and spread it on top of the butter.

6. Drizzle white wine into the dish and bake the sea bass in the pre-heated oven at 190 deg cel for 10 mins.

7. Remove from oven and baste the sea bass with the liquid (from the fish, white wine and butter) in the baking dish. Drizzle a bit of lemon juice over the sea bass, top with parsley / micro greens (if available) and serve hot.

Enjoy!