Name: Fish baked in a salt and herb crust
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bake
Ingredients: 4.00 fish; 1.00 bunch fresh coriander; 1.00 lemon cut into slices; 2.00 ml freshly ground black pepper to taste; 1.00 kg sea salt; 4.00 eggs white; 1.00 onion finely chopped; 3.00 cloves garlic cloves, crushed; 125.00 ml fresh coriander chopped; 1.00 lemon lemon zest and juice; 10.00 ml cumin roasted, ground; 2.00 red chilli chopped; 60.00 ml fresh chillies 573

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Ingredients (13)

4.00	fish
1.00 bunch	fresh coriander
1.00	lemon — cut into slices
2.00 ml	freshly ground black pepper — to taste
1.00 kg	sea salt
4.00	eggs — white

Tomato Salsa: ripe tomatoes, cut into cubes

1.00	onion — finely chopped
3.00 cloves	garlic — cloves, crushed
125.00 ml	fresh coriander — chopped
1.00 lemon	lemon — zest and juice
10.00 ml	cumin — roasted, ground
2.00	red chilli — chopped
60.00 ml	fresh chillies — 573

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Method:

1. Preheat the oven. Line a large
baking tray or oven dish with baking
paper. Rinse the fish under cold
water. Make sure it is clean and all the
scales have been removed. Pat dry
with kitchen towel.

2. Wash the coriander and remove the
stems. Place the stems and a slice
of lemon in the belly of each fish and
season with black pepper.

3. Pour the salt into a mixing bowl,
add the coriander leaves and egg
whites, and stir through until mixed.
Spread some of the salt mixture onto
the baking paper lining the oven dish
or baking tray ? cover an area large
enough for each fish. Place the fish
on the salt mixture and cover each
one with some of the remaining salt
mixture. Bake the fish for about
15 minutes and then stand for
5 minutes before you begin removing
the salt crusts.

4. Prepare the tomato salsa: Mix the
tomatoes, onion, garlic and coriander
leaves. Mix the lime zest and juice,
cumin, chillies and olive oil, and pour
the mixture over the tomatoes. Mix
through and serve with the fish.

Wine suggestion: An uncomplicated
dry or off-dry white wine or white
blend will round off this scrumptious
fish perfectly.