Last night my beautiful fiancee made me the most delicious meal. If you have been reading my previous blogs you may remember me talking about a restaurant on the Upper East Side, called Bella Blu, and how much I love their signature Branzini Special.
Well,for less than $20 you can make it at home. It was so amazing I had to share it.
You will need:
1 or 2 whole branzini fish
potatoes
rosemary
cherry tomatoes
olive oil
salt & pepper
First start by gutting your fish. If you're squeamish get someone else to do it, as scooping out guts is not so appetizing.
Then preheat the oven to 320degrees and while its heating up peel the potatoes and cut them into bite size pieces. Put them on a baking try, cover them in Olive Oil - Sogno Toscano is the best ;) - season and a add a few sprigs of rosemary. Put them in the oven and leave for 25 minutes.
Now cut the cherry tomatoes in half. Place the branzino on a large sheet of aluminium foil, stuffing it with lemon and rosemary, and place some of the tomatoes around the fish. Wrap the contents in the aluminium foil but leaving it open at the top. Place this in the middle of the baking tray of potatoes and add some of the cherry tomatoes to the potatoes.
Now turn the oven to 360 and leave for a further 25mins.
To tell if the fish is ready you should be able to easily scrape back the silver skin and the fish meat should be pure white.
Now take out the fish meat out and place on a plate with the potatoes and tomatoes. Squeeze some lemon, salt and pepper all over the fish.
Easy! And no meal is complete without some good wine. We drank this Chardonnay which tasted amazing and was only $16!
A delicious, easy, healthy meal that in my opinion, is sometimes much better enjoyed at home with your loved ones than spending money in a fancy restaurant!
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