Purchase one whole turbot.
Note: Rarely is this fish prepared for more than six people.
Estimate 200 grams / 7 ounces of fish per person.
Be sure to tell your fishmonger that you will be baking the fish in the oven.

Preheat the oven to 200ºC / 400ºF.
Before placing the fish in the baking dish,
Cover the dish with three layers of tinfoil
To avoid nightmarish dishwashing!

Over the fish, pour a good-quality olive oil
Flavored with the scraped vanilla bean.
Sprinkle with a few crystals of coarse Guérande sea salt.

Place the fish in the preheated oven, and
Lower the oven temperature to 180ºC / 350ºF.
A piece of fish that weighs 1.5 kg / 3.3 lbs
Will cook in approximately 20 minutes.
Count on 30 minutes or so to cook a piece of fish weighing 2 kg / 4.5 lbs.

The fish is done
When the blade of a knife inserted in the center of the fish is hot when removed,
And the knife reaches the backbone easily!

Allow the fish to rest for ten minutes after removing from the oven.

To serve,
Run the blade of a knife along the central backbone.
Using a spatula, slide the fish fillets onto a plate.
It’s easy, when the fish is perfectly cooked!