Branzino Baked in Salt Crust

Ingredients:

• 2 whole branzini
• lemons
• 1 large box rock or kosher salt
• fresh thyme sprigs
• garlic

Preparation:
Clean and gut each fish.  Stuff fish with thinly sliced lemon, whole garlic cloves, and sprigs of thyme.
Line a baking sheet with about 1/2 inch of salt.  Place fish on salt, and cover the fish well with another thick layer of salt.
Sprinkle water with your fingers on to the salt covering the fish until damp but not too wet.
Bake in oven at 400 degrees for 30 minutes.  The salt will form a hard crust that you must break with a wooden spoon.  The skin should peel right off the fish.  The fish is ready to serve.