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Whole sea bream with herb butter

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for whole sea bream with herb butter by Neil Perry
Whole sea bream with herb butter

Whole sea bream with herb butter

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“The herb butter really seeps into the fish and gives this classic dish a little bit more complexity without dominating the natural flavours of the bream.” – Neil Perry

Ingredients

Herb butter

Method

Main

1.For herb butter, blanch spinach, tarragon and chervil in boiling salted water for 5 seconds, drain and refresh in iced water. Squeeze out excess water thoroughly, then coarsely chop. Transfer to a blender and process with remaining ingredients, except butter and parsley, to form a paste. Add butter and pulse to combine. Pass through a coarse sieve, season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and add parsley. Place on a sheet of greaseproof paper, roll into a log and refrigerate for 2 hours to firm. When firm, cut 4 discs of butter and bring to room temperature. Refrigerate remaining butter for another use.
2.Preheat a chargrill over high heat. Drizzle fish with oil, season with sea salt and score both sides in a crisscross pattern. Cook for 4 minutes, turn and cook for another 3 minutes or until flesh gives under light finger pressure. Rest, covered with foil for 2 minutes, then serve with herb butter, a drizzle of oil, lemon cheeks and hand-cut chips.

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