A pair of sea bass fillets, pin-boned, on crushed ice

Fish

Sea Bass (Wild)

£10.00

Cut to order at the Barnes counter.

How would you like it prepared? (optional)

Pickup available at From The Sea, Barnes

Usually ready in 2 hours

Sea Bass (Wild)

Whole (cleaned)

From The Sea, Barnes

Pickup available, Usually ready in 2 hours

18 Barnes High Street
London SW13 9LW
United Kingdom

Cut to order, filleting free

Next-day delivery, order by 1pm

Collect in Barnes, about two hours

Wild sea bass is a lean white fish with a fine, tender flake and a clean, slightly sweet flavour. Wild fish are firmer and deeper in taste than farmed, with thin skin that crisps well. The flesh is lean, so it cooks fast and dries if pushed.

At the Barnes counter we prepare it whole and cleaned, trimmed, headed or filleted and pin-boned by hand, scaled as standard or scale on for the barbecue and the salt crust.

Roast a whole scored fish at 200C for 20 to 25 minutes with lemon and herbs in the cavity, pan-fry fillets skin-side down for three to four minutes or steam them with ginger and spring onion.

Origin, cooking and recipe

Origin and species

Wild sea bass is firmer and deeper in taste than farmed, a lean white fish with a fine, tender flake and thin skin that crisps well. It is available in season, and we can advise on the day.

How to cook it

The flesh is lean, so it cooks fast and dries if pushed. Roast a whole scored fish at 200C for 20 to 25 minutes with lemon and herbs in the cavity, pan-fry fillets skin-side down for three to four minutes or steam them with ginger and spring onion.

Recipe

From the Journal: whole roast sea bass with fennel and lemon and how to cook a whole sea bass.

Storage and preparation

Keep it wrapped on the coldest shelf of the fridge, usually the bottom shelf at the back, and use it within one to two days. Fresh sea bass freezes well for up to three months. Wrap it tightly, freeze it quickly and defrost in the fridge overnight.

Cut to order

Tell us how you want it in the order notes. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free, by hand at the counter. If you ask for a fish to be trimmed, headed or skinned, the finished weight comes down accordingly.

Delivery and collection

Order by 1pm for next-day delivery across London and the UK. Same-day collection in Barnes, usually about two hours.

Our promise

If it is not right, we make it right. Tell us and we will sort it. Local customers can bring it back to the counter and we will replace it.

Sea Bass (Wild)

£10.00

Order by 1pm

Next-day delivery across London and the UK. Free over £60.

Collect in Barnes

Same-day collection from the counter, ready in about two hours.

Cut to order

Cut to order at the counter. Filleting, pin-boning and skinning are free.

Food Hygiene Rating

Rated 5 out of 5 by the local authority.