Sea bass, fennel & bean traybake

Sea bass, fennel & bean traybake

Roasting veg often brings out its sweetness, and that’s definitely true with fennel, softening the aniseed notes and making it gorgeously mellow. Together with courgettes, onions, baby toms and cannellini beans, all boosted with lemon, garlic and herbs, it’s the perfect base for crispy skinned sea bass fillets.

SWK: High protein Plants 6 SWK: High fibre one tray

Serving size

Cook time: 35 mins
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Food group: Fish
Allergens: Celery, Fish

Cooking Instructions

The protein cooking time listed in this recipe has been updated.

As of December 2025, we’ve revised cooking times for all our proteins to reflect improved food safety guidance.

Check out the latest recommended times in our Cooking Guidelines.

Before you start

  • 1 large baking dish

Slice & dice

  • Heat your oven to 220ºC/fan 200ºC/gas 7.
  • Peel the onions and cut each into 8 wedges, then trim the fennel bulbs and thinly slice. Dice the courgettes into 2cm chunks.

Get the veg in the oven

  • Tip the prepared veg into an ovenproof dish, spritz with cooking spray and roast for 10 mins.

Ramp up the flavour!

  • Add the tomatoes and garlic & herb paste to the traybake. Squeeze in the lemon juice (to taste), tip in the beans and their water and crumble in the stock. Pour in 100ml water (200ml for 4 portions) and stir well.
  • Lay the sea bass fillets on top of the veg and return to the oven for 12-15 mins, until they're cooked through and flaking.

Herb & serve

  • Finely chop the dill, sprinkle over the traybake and serve.

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