Baked fish stuffed with dates and ground rice

Ingredients:

2kg sea bass, sea bream, red mullet or another close alternative
2 1/2 tbsp ground rice
140g ground almonds
Fresh grated ginger
90g butter
450g stoned dates
1 onion chopped
Ground cinnamon
Caster sugar

Method:

1. Bring 1/2pt water to the boil, add a pinch salt and stir in the ground rice, simmer for 30 seconds beating well. Turn off the heat and stir until cool

2. Add the almonds, ginger, sugar, black pepper and 1 tbsp melted butter (to taste). Mix well.

3. Stuff the dates with this mixture and push together to form a sandwich.

4. Scale and gut the fish, wash the insides well to remove any blood. Fill the cavity with the dates and secure with cocktail sticks or string.

5. Dot the fish with butter, ground cinnamon, chopped onion, salt and pepper.

6. Oven bake, basting the fish regularly

7. When cooked remove the string or cocktail sticks to release the stuffing and present around the fish

8. Present the fish coated in freshly made charmoula