Ingredients:

  • 3 egg. whites
  • 600g (1 1/2 pound coarse sea salt)
  • 400g (1 pound) fine sea salt 
  • 1 whole branzino (600g / 1 1/2 pound)
  • 2 sprigs rosemary
  • 1 sprig dill

Method:

 Combine egg whites with both salts in a bowl.

  1. Make a sea bed on the baking sheet.
  2. Place the herbs into the cavity of the fish.
  3. Place the fish on top of the sea bed and cover it with salt.
  4. Bake for 18 - 20 minutes at 200 C / 390 F.
  5. Serve with Gremolata sauce.

 This recipe is made in collaboration with @slovenia 

 You can get the detailed recipe on jernejkitchen.com

  • A whole sea bass is lying on salt on a baking tray. Near is a bowl of gremolata sauce, a bowl with sliced lemons and bread. Branzino (Sea Bass) Roasted in Salt. Photo: jernejkitchen.com
  • Sea bass in a pan coated with a huge pile of salt, near is a spoon and a brush. Sea bass in a pan coated with salt. Photo: jernejkitchen.com