Pesce Per Due Recipe
- 3 cups fine sea salt
- 1/2 cup (about 4) egg whites
- 1 2-pound branzino, cleaned, head and tail left intact
- 2 sprigs rosemary
- 3 to 4 parsley stems
- 1 clove garlic, slightly bruised
- 2 lemon slices
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- In a bowl, combine the sea salt and the egg whites and mix well. The mixture should feel like wet sand.
- Rinse and pat fish dry. Stuff the cavity of the fish with the rosemary, parsley stems, garlic, and lemon slices.
- Sprinkle baking tray with sea salt. Trim a piece of parchment paper in the shape of the branzino, making the paper 1 inch larger all around than the fish. Place the fish on the parchment-lined tray and cover with the salt mixture, packing down tightly.
- Place the tray in the oven and cook for 17 to 19 minutes. (When done, the salt should be golden brown around the edges.)