Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Pat fish dry. Fill a sheet pan large enough to fit fish with a ¼-inch layer of salt. Place fish on top and mound remaining salt so it completely covers fish. Roast fish in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whole salt-baked fish - Fotologija/Shutterstock Of the many ways to serve seafood, encrusting a whole fish in salt may be the most ...

A salt-baked fish is both one of the simplest and most glamorous dishes you can bring to the table. On one hand, it is nothing more than a pile of hardened salt with a whole cooked fish buried in it.

Often less expensive than fillets, whole fish are sustainable and impressive centerpieces for entertaining. Photo by Victor Protasio / Food Styling by Chelsea Zimmer / Prop Styling by Christine Keely ...

The effect of salt-baking is similar to baking (steaming) in parchment paper, Stewart writes in her newest cookbook, "Martha Stewart's Cooking School." The salt absorbs steam and becomes a hard shell ...