How to bake bream in the oven?

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Any fish cooked in the oven is incredibly he althy and delicious. It is enough to add a lemon and a light side dish to it, and a delicious nutritious dinner is ready. And what could be better than baking bream in the oven? Probably the only traditional Russian dish is stuffed pike. But we will talk about it in another article. So, what do we need to bake bream in the oven?

Ingredients:

• bream carcass 1 kg (more possible);
• shallot and garlic;
• olives and parsley;
• low-fat sour cream and butter;
• lemon, s alt and spices.

Baked bream recipe:

1. The bream should be thoroughly washed and the insides taken out. Now clean and make cuts on the skin so that when baking, the shape of the fish is not deformed. This technique will also help soften the bones, as the heat through the cuts will more intensively penetrate into the fish.



2. Now it's the turn for spices and lemon juice. The fish must be carefully seasoned. Peel and chop the olives, cut the shallots into half rings. Chop the parsley. In a small bowl, mix these ingredients, add lemon juice and softened butter. Season and stuff the bream with the mixture.
3. From two onions and garlic to make a pillow for the fish. To do this, you just need to chop the vegetables. Cover a refractory dish with foil and place an onion pillow on it. If you want your stuffed bream baked in the oven to be more juicy, you can add chopped tomato.
4. For a golden crust, the fish can be coated with mayonnaise or sour cream and put on an onion pillow. Before directly baking the bream in the oven, it is worth brushing it with oil and wrapping it in foil. Only after these steps can the fish be put in the oven.



5. There are a lot of toppings with which you can stuff bream. These are lemon rings with onion half rings and parsley, and potatoes with mushrooms and tomatoes. An incredibly tasty filling is obtained from leeks and grated carrots. Walnuts are added there for piquancy. No less popular is the filling of mushrooms, herbs and cheese. There may be limits only in your imagination.
6. Boiled rice or the most delicate whipped mashed potatoes are recommended for garnish. A light cauliflower salad is also possible. By the way, cauliflower itself will be a wonderful side dish for such a great dish.
7. While you were preparing the side dish, 25-30 minutes passed. Now you can get the bream. The foil from the fish should be removed to form a golden crust. Put it under a very hot grill for a few more minutes so as not to overdry the fish, and your bream is ready.
8. Serve bigplatter with a cushion of fresh herbs flanked by lemon or lime quarters, olives and chopped tomatoes. You can come up with your own brand new presentation. Or prepare a specific sauce suitable for fish. As you can see, baking bream in the oven is not at all difficult! Perhaps this recipe will become your signature dish, which all relatives simply cannot refuse, no matter how satisfying they may have eaten before!