Pomegranate-filled sea bream

Ingredients for people 4

• 1 large fish with white flesh and soda (sea bream or sea bass, or 4 salmon or perch fillets)
• Salt
• 4 tablespoons of oil or ghee
• 1 finely sliced ​​onion
• 3 garlic cloves
• Fresh ground pepper
• ¼ cup of chopped walnuts in wells
• 1 teaspoon of angelica powder
• 1 spoon of orange peel
• 3 spoons of pomegranate paste (see Glossary) dissolved in 1 / 3 of cup of water.
• 1 spoon of sugar or honey
• ½ teaspoon of powdered and dissolved saffron pistils in 2 spoons of hot water
• 2 tablespoons of lemon juice
• 3 spoons of pomegranate grains for garnish.

Preparation

Wash the fish and rub it all over with salt. Preheat the oven to 200 ° C. Fry the onion and garlic in a pan with the oil for 10 ', stirring. Add the pepper, walnuts, angelica, orange peel, diluted pomegranate paste and sugar. Stir on the fire for another 3 'and turn off the flame. Place the fish in an ovenproof dish, fill it with the prepared filling and close with toothpicks. If you are using fillets, roll each fillet onto a spoonful of filling. Sprinkle the fish with lemon juice, saffron dissolved in water and a drizzle of oil. Cook in the oven for 15 ', until the fish appears cooked. Serve hot, sprinkled with the cooking sauce and garnished with pomegranate grains. Serve with steamed white rice.