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Seabass with orange and ginger sauce

The scent of the sea, a fresh fish, the right combination among elements and this recipe will make your guest so happy!
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine French
Servings 4 people
Calories 2415 kcal

Equipment

  • 1 oven
  • 1 oven tray

Ingredients
  

  • 2 medium / large gutted sea bass
  • 8 sprigs of fresh thyme
  • A few strands of chives or a few slices of leek
  • 2 slices of lime
  • Salt and pepper to taste

For the sauce

  • The juice of 1 and half sweet blond orange
  • 1 teaspoon of potato starch
  • 1/2 teaspoon of fresh grated ginger

Instructions
 

  • First of all clean the fish from the viscera and wash it very well under fresh water.
  • Lay it down on the oven tray covered by baking paper, put the aromatic herbs and the slice of lime inside the fish, add salt and pepper to taste, place in the oven at 180°C for about 20 - 30 minutes, depending on the nsize of the fish and the type of oven (must be cooked but remain soft inside).
  • Once it is cooked, remove the skin and make fillets to arrange in a nice dish.
  • While the fish is cooking, pour the filtered orange juice and the grated ginger into a non-stick pan, add the tea spoon of potato starch and stir continuously until it has thickened, it must become a cream.
  • Serve the sauce with the sea bass fillets garnishing the dish with a few more sprigs of thyme.

Video

Notes

You can replace the sea bass also with fresh grouper or fresh red snapper: the result will be extraordinary in any case.
Keyword sea bass, thyme