A recipe from the top of my head that worked

[suityou01]

This evening at late notice we entertained.

So I nipped to Tesco.

The side salad

Italian leaf salad (pre prepared in a bag)
Added :
8 small green chillies (cut across ways finely - to give rings)
Salad tomatoes (cut into 8ths)
Mushrooms (finely diced)
Edit : Chopped coriander.
Salt
Pepper
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Lime juice from half a lime (rolled the lime under the palm of my hand on the counter first for about 60s first to release the juices)

Sea Bream
Cooked on the barbecue in foil parcels
Slits cut lengthways in the flesh diagonally for inserting lime wedges
Garlic butter in the fillet slit
Sprinked flaked chillis over the top

Also on the barbecue

Sliced green peppers (quarters)
whole vine of rippened cherry tomatoes (draped on the grill in one piece)

Verdict around the table

SY02 8/10 Chillis in the salad a tad too strong, try less
Guest 1 8/10 Don't like bony fish try fillets
Guest 2 9/10 Remove head and tail from the fish as she doesn't like to see it

Verdict from me

SY01 9/10 needs more chillis in the salad

So there you go

But, try it before criticising.

It was seriously nice.

[Nicely Nicely]

I thought this was going to be a Baldrick recipe.

A recipe from the top of my head that worked

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[NotAllThere]

Don't not remove the head of a fish. The cheek meat is very tasty. As are the eyes.

Seriously.

[suityou01]

Don't not remove the head of a fish. The cheek meat is very tasty. As are the eyes.

Seriously.

Will try this, seeing as the information is from a trustworthy sauce.

IGMC

[d000hg]

It sounds nice, but I'm not sure you can really pass off 'salad with chillis' and 'cook a fish with bits of lime stuck in' as original recipes. Plus, raw mushrooms are foul.

Tomatoes on the BBQ sound tasty, but otherwise the BBQ seems a bit surplus to requirements since you wrapped the fish in foil.

7/10

[suityou01]

It sounds nice, but I'm not sure you can really pass off 'salad with chillis' and 'cook a fish with bits of lime stuck in' as original recipes. Plus, raw mushrooms are foul.

Tomatoes on the BBQ sound tasty, but otherwise the BBQ seems a bit surplus to requirements since you wrapped the fish in foil.

7/10

Forgot to mention coriander in the salad as well.

It was intended to be a simple, quick and tasty meal. It was off the top of me head so there.

Barbecue did flavour the meat so it was well worth doing.

[norrahe]

If you wanted to flavour the fish without toasting it completely on the bbq then wrap a whole fish stuffed with herbs and lemon in newspaper and tie with butchers string, soak in water thoroughly and then place on the bbq for 30 mins.
That way you get to steam and smoke the fish at the same time.
If you do a whole salmon then it will take about an hour, keep turning the fish and douse in water occasionally.

[TykeMerc]

If you wanted to flavour the fish without toasting it completely on the bbq then wrap a whole fish stuffed with herbs and lemon in newspaper and tie with butchers string, soak in water thoroughly and then place on the bbq for 30 mins.
That way you get to steam and smoke the fish at the same time.
If you do a whole salmon then it will take about an hour, keep turning the fish and douse in water occasionally.

I didn't know that method was widely used, as I've always had very odd looks from people when I've done it. I really like it for trout and it works brilliantly in the oven too.
I was taught the approach by an Aunt who saw it in Austria, it's the best way I know to cook whole fish, tender, tasty and no burned bits.

Oh and I would go really light on the chillis in the salad, but put a bowl with them finely chopped on the table so that people can season to their taste. Food that's too hot is seriously horrible to many people.

[fullyautomatix]

Cod blimey! SY cooking fish

Didnt you forget hair off the top of your head?

[d000hg]

Forgot to mention coriander in the salad as well.

It was intended to be a simple, quick and tasty meal. It was off the top of me head so there.

Barbecue did flavour the meat so it was well worth doing.

As a guest I'm sure I would have enjoyed it, I like fish and lime and chilli and coriander, just saying it's not too creative... but on the other hand if it tastes good who gives a damn?