# Salt crusted sea bream with braised leeks and hazelnuts

- Cuisine: Mediterranean
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- whole sea bream
- salt
- fennel seeds
- lemon
- water
- olive oil
- leek
- garlic
- fresh thyme
- butter
- white wine
- hazelnuts
- flat leaf parsley

## Instructions

1. Season the inside of the fish with salt, fennel seeds, and lemon slices.
2. Mix salt with water to a snow-like consistency and create a bed on a baking tray, place the fish on top, and pack completely with the remaining salt.
3. Bake at 180 degrees Celsius for 25 to 30 minutes.
4. Braised the leeks in a pan with olive oil, crushed garlic, thyme, butter, and white wine until cooked through.
5. Crush toasted hazelnuts in a pestle and mortar.
6. Finish the leeks with flat leaf parsley and the crushed hazelnuts, then serve with the cooked fish.

## Equipment

- baking tray
- pan
- pestle and mortar

## Source

- Original video: https://youtu.be/EziM5ckJbo4?si=qTGIL0Ye_NsemPZa
- Creator: Gordon Ramsay
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/c9e76dbf-b21b-46e3-acfe-43df505b0f02
- Extracted: 2026-11-05

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