Easy Italian Baked Seabass
This oven-roasted sea bass recipe combines peppers, olives, garlic, and pine nuts for a flavorful, easy-to-make meal perfect for beginners.
Ingredients
- 1 jar whole roasted peppers (about 290g), drained and sliced
- 1 red onion thinly sliced into wedges
- Olive oil (for drizzling)
- 4 garlic cloves left unpeeled
- 3 thick slices of lemon (plus extra wedges for serving)
- 2 whole sea bass
- 15 Kalamata or black olives
- 25 g toasted pine nuts
- A handful of roughly chopped parsley
Instructions
Preheat and Prep the Vegetables
- Preheat your oven to 200°C (180°C fan) or gas mark 6.In a bowl, toss the sliced peppers and onions with a small drizzle of olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.Spread the mixture evenly on a baking tray and roast in the oven for 5 minutes.
Add Garlic, Lemon, and Sea Bass
- After 5 minutes, add the unpeeled garlic cloves and lemon slices to the tray, mixing them in with the peppers and onions.Place the sea bass on top of the vegetables, lightly brush it with olive oil, and season with salt and pepper.Roast everything for 15 minutes.
Add Olives and Pine Nuts, Finish Cooking
- Once the fish has roasted for 15 minutes, stir the olives and toasted pine nuts into the vegetable mixture.Roast for an additional 5 minutes until the fish is cooked through.
Serve
- Squeeze fresh lemon juice over the fish and vegetables, then sprinkle with chopped parsley. Serve with extra lemon wedges on the side.
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