Whole Sea Bream with Wild Garlic Butter

5 from 4 votes

How to cook a whole sea bream in the air fryer, with a wild garlic butter accompaniment

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Course: Main Course

Servings:

Calories: 698kcal

Author: Fiona Maclean

1 air fryer large enough to take your whole fish - or you can cook this in the oven

Clean your fish and pat dry with paper towels or a clean tea towel
Remove any remaining scales and fins from the fish. If you like, remove the head
Cut three deep slashes diagonally across the body of the sea bream.
Turn the fish and repeat on the other side
Add a quarter of the softened wild garlic butter into the slashes on both sides of the fish.
Season the fish cavity and skin with salt and pepper then pop in another quarter of the wild garlic butter
Put the fish onto the air fryer plate and brush with olive oil
Top the fish with sliced lemon
Check the internal temperature of the fish is at 63C and the fish is nicely flaky
Top the fish with the remaining butter and cook for a further 5 minutes.
Serve with the remaining half of the lemon cut into wedges

For one large fish to serve 2 people, increase the cooking time to 30 minutes and double the quantity of butter