Week #39

Minted Striped Bass

Ingredients.

2 medium onions, sliced
2 lemons, thinly sliced
12 branches mint
Olive oil to rub on fish
2 striped bass, cleaned, with heads and tails, about 1 1/2 pounds each
Kosher salt
Freshly milled pepper
1 cup boiling water

Directions.

Preheat oven to 350° F.

Oil an 8x11x2 inch baking pan.

Place half of the sliced onions in a layer on the bottom of the pan. Cover with a layer of lemon. Follow with a layer of mint, using four of the branches.

Oil fish on both sides. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Rub well into the skin. Stuff two branches of mint into the cavity of each fish.

Place fish on top of the layer in pans. Cover with a second layer of mint, onion and lemon.

Pour boiling water around the fish. Cover with foil. Bake for 20 minutes in the middle shelf of a preheated 350° F oven. Remove foil and cook 10 minutes longer.

Note To Cook.

If you want to crisp the skin, remove the top layers of onion, lemon and garlic and put under the broiler for two to three minutes.

Serves 4 - 6

This recipe from www.inmamaskitchen.com