Baked Fish with Chermoula and Onion Farofa Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp. plus 2 tsp. extra-virgin olive oil
• 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice
• 1 tsp. smoked paprika
• ½ tsp. ground cumin
• 1 garlic clove
• ½ small red bell pepper, stemmed, seeded, and coarsely chopped (2 Tbsp.)
• ½ small bunch cilantro, coarsely chopped (⅓ cup)
• ½ small bunch parsley, coarsely chopped (½ cup)
• Kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper
• 2 whole sea bass or sea bream (about 1½ lb. each), cleaned and patted dry
• 2 lemon slices, plus more for serving
• 2 large bay leaves, crushed
• 4 Tbsp. unsalted butter
• ½ yellow onion, finely chopped (⅓ cup)
• 1½ cups fine manioc (cassava) flour
• 2 Tbsp. finely chopped parsley
• Finely grated zest of 1 lemon (1½ tsp.)