Name: Sea bass fillets with fennel
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: Provence
Ingredients: 4 nets ofSea Wolf (or otherwise known as Bar); 2 lemons; 4 onions (means); white wine; fennel (fresh greens, if you have them, or the bulbs with their greens if not); thyme; olive oil; salt and pepper

Sea bass fillets with fennel

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Updated on 14 September 2025 by

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Cuisine

Provence

Level

Easy

Preparation

10 minutes

Cooking

35 minutes

Here’s my simple and delicious recipe for sea bass fillets with fennel. If you’re not familiar with sea bass, it’s a fish of the same species as sea bass, but it lives in the Mediterranean rather than the Atlantic like the latter. It’s one of the most well-known and beloved fish in Provençal cuisine.

These fillets will bake in the oven in a delicious Provençal marinade made with onion, white wine, thyme, fennel, olive oil, and lemon. It’s a real treat to eat, bursting with the aromas of the Mediterranean!

You can serve these fillets with white rice, steamed potatoes, or mashed potatoes with olive oil.

Enjoy your meal, and thank you in advance for your comments!

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4 nets of Sea Wolf or otherwise known as Bar
2 lemons
4 onions means
white wine
fennel fresh greens, if you have them, or the bulbs with their greens if not
thyme
olive oil
salt and pepper

1
Preheat the oven to 240°C. Pour a little olive oil into a terracotta baking dish.
2
Peel and slice the onion, then toss it in the oil.
Wash and slice the fennel bulbs into strips. If you have fennel fronds, you can leave them as is, simply cut lengthwise.
3
Place the fillets in the dish and turn them so they are coated with oil.
Add thyme and fennel, then season with salt and pepper.
4
Slice the lemons and place the slices on top of the fillets.
5
Drizzle the fillets with white wine, and cover the dish with aluminum foil.
6
Bake for 35 minutes.