Sea Bream Baked with Vegetables
Tsipoura is the fish of Greek plaki. Ours arrives from Michaniona twice a week, pulled fresh from the Aegean. Over a layer of tomato, onion and potato, with white wine and olive oil, it bakes slowly and takes on the flavour of everything around it.
Ingredients
- 2 pc
- 400 gPotatoes
- 2 pcTomatoes
- 1 pcOnion
- 3 pcGarlic cloves
- 4 tbsp
- 1 pcLemon
- 100 ml
- 1 tspOregano
- to taste
- 1 bunchParsley, for garnish
Method
- 1
Preheat oven to 180°C.
- 2
Slice potatoes into thin rounds and the onion into half-rings. Arrange in the baking dish, drizzle with half the olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- 3
Slice the tomatoes and half the lemon into rounds. Arrange over the potato layer.
- 4
Place the sea breams on top of the vegetables. Fill each cavity with a few lemon rounds and garlic cloves.
- 5
Sprinkle the fish with oregano, salt and pepper. Pour over the remaining olive oil and the white wine.
- 6
Bake for 45-50 minutes, until the fish is cooked through and the potatoes are tender.
- 7
Serve straight from the dish, scattered with fresh parsley.