A table with a white plate topped with cooked fish and a green salsa

Sea bream with green tomato salsa

Name: Sea bream with green tomato salsa
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 2 (about 400g each) sea bream; 2 stalks lemongrass, finely chopped; 50g ginger, peeled and grated (or use ginger paste); 100g coriander; 3 lime leaves; 120ml olive oil; 3 green tomatoes, grated; 2 spring onions, finely chopped; 60g coriander, chopped; 2 lime leaves, sliced; 20ml fish sauce; a pinch sugar

Preparation and cooking time
- Total time30 mins
- + marinating
Easy
Serves 2

Ingredients

2 (about 400g each) sea bream

MARINADE

2 stalks lemongrass, finely chopped
50g ginger, peeled and grated (or use ginger paste)
100g coriander
3 lime leaves
120ml olive oil

SALSA

3 green tomatoes, grated
2 spring onions, finely chopped
60g coriander, chopped
2 lime leaves, sliced
20ml fish sauce
a pinch sugar

Method

STEP 1
Blend the marinade ingredients in a food processor until smooth. Rub the marinade all over the insides and outsides of the fish, then marinate at room temperature for a few hours.
STEP 2
For the salsa, mix together all of the ingredients with a pinch of salt and leave at room temperature while the fish marinates.
STEP 3
Heat the oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Put the marinated bream on a baking tray and roast for 12-14 minutes, lifting the belly up gently using a small knife to check the fish is cooked through. Top the fish with the salsa just before serving.