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INGREDIENTS AND UTENSILS NEEDED FOR THE SALT CRUST FISH
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Advantages of the salt crust baking technique
Oven is absolutely the best way to grill a whole fish, also the healthiest since our recipe doesn't require the use of aluminum foil, while cooking gas burns in a clean way, unlike charcoal in a barbecue.
Here's a recap of all the advantages you get by cooking your whole fish in the oven, under sea salt crust:
Here's a recap of all the advantages you get by cooking your whole fish in the oven, under sea salt crust:
- Oven is definitely the easiest and healthiest way to cook and serve fish !
- Salt -crusted whole grilled fish requires 10 minutes of preparation and 40 to 90 minutes of cooking depending on your fish size and weight.
- Since the fish is oven grilled with very little attention required during the cooking time, you can easily do something else in the meantime.
- The salt crust keeps your fish juicy and preserves all of its wonderful taste, meaning you need no oil and no sauce!
Baking time in salt crust
Below are some indicative salt crust baking times depending on the fish weight:
Weight Baking time
500g..........30 minutes
1 Kg...........40 minutes
1.5 Kg........50 minutes
2 Kg...........75 minutes
Weight Baking time
500g..........30 minutes
1 Kg...........40 minutes
1.5 Kg........50 minutes
2 Kg...........75 minutes
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Salt-crusted whole fish recipe
- Cut or bend the barbecue sticks and put them at the bottom of the tray as shown to avoid that the fish gets cooked in its own juice.
- Put the fish over the sticks and cover it with lemon slices.
- Also make sure to stuff your fish with 2 to 3 lemon slices.
Empty the 1 Kg coarse sea salt bags one by one and arrange the salt with your hand in a manner to carefully cover the whole fish.
There is no need to mix the salt with egg whites and water, just proceed as shown below.
There is no need to mix the salt with egg whites and water, just proceed as shown below.
Cover the fish head and tail with a piece of lettuce if these did not fit in the tray and could not be covered with salt.
Put the salt crust fish in a preheated oven to 230 deg. C for 55 minutes.
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Remove the fish but take care not to touch the hot salt with your bare hands until it starts to cool down.
The salt crust can be easily removed by blocks.
The fish is simply well done, juicy and delicious!
Bon Appétit !
The salt crust can be easily removed by blocks.
The fish is simply well done, juicy and delicious!
Bon Appétit !
