• Clean the fish well, cutting off the heads and trimming the tails.
• Squeeze the lemon

Preheat oven to 200°C

1. Cut 3 narrow slits on each side of the fish. Mix the fennel and salt and insert this mixture in the cuts and body cavity.

2. In a low baking dish melt the butter and then add the lemon juice.

3. Place the fish inside the lemon and butter and turn once to coat both sides.

4. Grill under a hot broiler for 4-5 minutes on each side. Baste once on each side with olive oil and the drippings. Serve hot.

* You can substiutue the fennel seed with green anise, though as the anise is stronger in flavour use half the quanitity.