Baked Sea Bass In Wine Sauce

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 four to five pound whole sea bass, cleaned
• salt
• black pepper, freshly ground
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 3 tablespoons parsley, finely chopped
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 3 large mushrooms, thinly sliced
• 2 cups wine
• 1 tablespoon butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 375*. butter an oven dish. dry the fish and season it well inside and out with salt and pepper. place it in the buttered dish and spread with onion, parsley, garlic and mushrooms. dot well with the remaining butter except for the 1 tblsp. and pour the wine over all.
• 2 bake 40-45 minutes, basting frequently. remove the fish to a heated platter. add the 1 tblsp. of cold butter to the sauce in the baking dish. do not heat. pour sauce over fish without straining.
• 3 decorate, if desired, with lemon and additional chopped parsley.