Squeamish with preparing some foods
Well, my squeamishness extends to fish as well. I usually buy easy, ready-to-go filets. I finally got up the nerve to buy a whole fish when I realized you can ask the vendor to clean it for you. I chose a gilt-head bream, typical of the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern coastal regions of the North Atlantic Ocean, which I had tried many times in restaurants (known as dorada in Spain and orata in Italy). I had an idea of what I wanted to do with it, but I asked the vendor how to prepare it. She gave me the tip of waiting until the eye was a hardish, white ball to know when it’s about ready.
It turned out to be a spectacular dinner for not a lot of effort. The fish was fresh and flaky white. Even my four-year-old asked for more. That's when I definitely know a recipe is a keeper.
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Labels: baked gilt-head bream, dorada, orata, whole fish