Whole Baked Snapper

This dish is son the open flames of a beach fire or outside on the classic home BBQ.

Ingredients - Serves 6 people - Prep Time 45 Mins

Banana leaf, or baking paper, or vine leaves.

3 KG grilled, Whole snapper, gutted & scaled

Aromatics for inside the fish:

Galangal 1 thumb

Lemon grass 2 bruised stems

1/2 a Whole garlic bulb slashed in half

Coriander roots, one bunch

Lemon juice and the rest of the lemon

Marinade for outside the fish;

Garlic,

Ginger,

5 medium green chillies

Oyster sauce,

2 tbls soy sauce

1 tbls sugar

Juice of one lime,

1 kaffir lime leaf, shredded

½ tbls white pepper

Method

Make the marinade and ram into the slices, covering the whole outside surface of the fish. (Leave for 15 - 20mins)

Deeply slash the sides of the fish with parallel cuts.
Bruise the aromatics & Fill the cavity of the fish with all the aromatics
Wrap the fish in the banana leaf, anchoring with skewers and cook in an oven at 180c for about half an hour.

Drink with Pinot Gris, Riesling or Classic Hunter Semillion. Healthy and Delicious. Just what you need for Christmas Dinner.