Let’s prepare delicious Mediterranean pan-seared sea breams together. For once, I finally decided to prepare the sea bream not in the oven but in the pan. I don’t know why, but I usually bake them, probably because I can do other things in the meantime, besides the fact that I really like it. This time, however, I put aside old habits and thought of cooking the sea bream in a Mediterranean style with cherry tomatoes, onion, and olives. Well, I have to admit that I was truly surprised by the result, my Mediterranean pan-seared sea breams cooked quickly and turned out delicious, and in those few minutes of cooking, I didn’t have to watch them too much, nor did I have to turn them, I just had to cover them with a lid, and in a few minutes, I served a dish worth licking your lips for. Let’s see what we need to prepare them.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Medium
- Preparation time: 5 Minutes
- Portions: 4
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All Seasons
Ingredients for Pan-Seared Sea Bream
- 2 sea breams of 14 oz each
- 1 cup cups cherry tomatoes
- 2 tbsps tbsps pine nuts
- 1 tbsp tbsps salted capers
- 1 onion
- 10 Calabrian or Taggiasca olives to taste
- to taste olive oil
- to taste salt
- to taste black pepper
- to taste parsley
Tools for Pan-Seared Sea Bream
- 1 Pan
- 1 Cutting board
- 1 Knife
Steps for Preparing Pan-Seared Sea Bream
Clean the sea breams thoroughly. Then dry them. Prepare an onion sliced into rings, and halve the cherry tomatoes.
Put some olive oil in a non-stick pan, then place the sea breams inside, turning them in the oil.
Add the cherry tomatoes and onion around them, distributing evenly. Then add olives, pine nuts, and capers; if there are few, do not rinse them.
Add chopped parsley, pepper, and very little salt, and bring to a boil.
Cook over medium heat for about 15 minutes, with a lid. Check a couple of times, moving the sea breams slightly in the pan, but without turning them over.
After 15 minutes, you can turn off the heat and serve the Mediterranean pan-seared sea breams at the table.
Serve our Mediterranean pan-seared sea breams accompanied by the cherry tomatoes, olives, and all the contents of the pan, juices included, and get ready to mop it up, it’s inevitable.
