Lemon And Parsley Whole Baked Fish

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (2 kg) whole fish, cleaned, scaled, patted dry inside and out
• 2 garlic cloves, sliced finely
• 1 cup chopped parsley
• 1/2 preserved lemon, discard flesh and use skin only and chop it fine
• 2 tablespoons toasted pine nuts (i do mine in a dry pan over medium heat)
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/3 cup olive oil

Recipe

• 1 heat your oven to 180c.
• 2 score the fish through the thicker parts a few times on each side; stuff the garlic slivers into the slits.
• 3 mix together the parsley, preserved lemon, pinenuts, salt and pepper, then add in the oil to make a paste.
• 4 smear this paste inside and on the outside of the fish.
• 5 wrap the fish in a foil parcel and bake in the oven about 30 minutes or until done to 65c. remove from the oven and allow to rest wrapped in the foil about 5 minutes.
• 6 serve with the juices spooned over.