Level
Medim
Prep
1 h e mezzo
Cook
2 h
Serves
4
Method
Soak the chickpeas in water for at least 12 hours.
Rinse them and boil them with a sprig of rosemary and a clove of garlic clove, for about 2 hours. When cooked salt them.
In a baking dish, arrange the cherry tomatoes, split and pointing upwards, season with sugar, salt, oil, oregano, marjoram, thyme, marjoram, thyme; cook at 130 degrees for about 2 hours.
Prepare a separate fry with shallots and rosemary and when it is has browned, add the parsley. Remove the rosemary from the boiled chickpeas, blend them with the sautéed shallot and parsley, adding the chickpea cooking water (or, even better, the water from the fumet made with the the head and bones of the boiled gilthead bream) until a velvety cream of the desired consistency is obtained.
Fillet the sea bream and place the fillets on top of the chickpea mousse, with the skin facing upwards. Bake at 200 degrees for 15 minutes.
In the meantime, toast three slices of homemade bread on a baking tray. sprinkled with oregano and a generous amount of oil. Cut them into small cubes.
Assemble the dish, taking care to make a base of chickpea cream on which the fillets are placed, garnished with toasted bread and cherry tomatoes.
Close with a drizzle of oil and serve warm.
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