Roasted Red Snapper in a Salt Dome Recipe

Roasted Red Snapper in a Salt Dome Recipe

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Impress your guests with Alton Brown's roasted red snapper in a salt dome: An easy trick for perfectly cooked fish every time.

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Cooking tools:

  • Instant-read thermometer
  • Fish knife
  • Bread knife
  • Hammer
  • Meat tenderizer
  • Rolling pin
  • Pastry brush
  • Serrated pie server
  • Oven
  • Baking sheet
  • Parchment paper
  • Mixing bowl

Ingredients

  • 1 lemon. very thinly sliced
  • a few sprigs fresh flat-leaf parsley
  • a few sprigs tarragon
  • one 2 1/2-3 pound red, yellow or vermillion snapper, cleaned and trimmed
  • 1 tablespoon neutral oil
  • 3 pounds kosher salt
  • 3 large egg whites, beaten
  • 3/4 cup water
  • 1 tablespoon dried rosemary
  • 1 tablespoon dried oregano
  • 1 tablespoon tarragon

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