Cooking With Xander - Baked Wild Sea Bass

This is my eldest Son Alexander – he’s 21 months old and loves eating. Cooking with Xander is a chance for the two of us to spend time together having fun in the kitchen, always with the prospect of filling our bellies at the end of it. 

Back in July we had a windswept walk on Whitburn Beach and picked up this beautiful 2kg wild Sea Bass from Robert at Latimer’s Seafood. A simple tip, just ask Robert for the freshest fish he has – he’s extremely knowledgeable, honest and has some great recipe ideas to go with it. Pay good money for good fish – simple.

Back at home we seasoned the fish with salt inside and out, laid it on a bed of finely sliced lemon, celery and onion, with additional salt, pepper, coriander seeds, fresh thyme and a crushed clove of garlic.

This was covered with parchment and baked at 180 degrees C for 25 minutes, and allowed to rest for 10 minutes.

Served here on a Peter Rabbit plate with a simple Ratatouille, Boulangerie Potatoes, Baby Spinach and any tray juices you can muster from the fish.