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Sea Bass with Salt Crust and Green Beans
🐟 Sea Bass with Salt: an ancient technique for juicy fish. Accompanied by fresh green beans. Pure and healthy flavor! ✨
🛒 Ingredients
- 1 Lubina entera (800g-1kg) con escamas
- 2 kg de Sal gorda para hornear
- 2 Claras de huevo
- 300g de Judías verdes
- 1 Diente de ajo
- 30ml de AOVE
- 1 Limón
🐟 Sea Bass with Salt: The Masters' Technique
Cooking a white fish like sea bass in a salt crust is, possibly, the best way to respect the product. This technique creates a steam microclimate inside the salt that maintains the extreme juiciness of the meat while marine minerals enhance its natural flavor subtly.
🥦 Why is it Nutritionally Superior?
- Juice Preservation: With no direct contact with air or water, Omega-3 remains intact.
- No Added Fats: The fish cooks in its own healthy fat.
- Unique Texture: The sea bass flakes separate with just a touch.
📝 Preparation Details
- Salt Conditioning: In a large bowl, mix coarse salt with egg whites. This allows the salt to become moldable and harden like stone in the oven.
- Bed Construction: On a baking sheet, create a 1-inch salt bed. Place the sea bass (important to keep the scales to protect the meat).
- Complete Sealing: Cover the fish completely with the remaining salt. No part should be exposed.
- Precise Baking: Place in a 400°F oven. Standard time is 20 to 25 minutes per pound of fish.
- Fit Accompaniment: While the fish rests 5 minutes after leaving the oven, sauté the green beans (previously steamed) with sliced garlic and EVOO.
- Service Ritual: Break the crust with a kitchen mallet or heavy spoon. Remove the skin and serve clean fillets with a drizzle of lemon.
Pro Tip: If the sea bass tail sticks out of the salt, you can tell it's ready when the tail separates easily when pulled.
