salt-crust cooking; baking in a salt crust
A cooking technique where a whole fish (or other ingredient) is encased in a salt crust and baked. The salt crust seals in moisture and seasons the food gently.
Salt-crust-baked sea bream is a visually impressive dish.
塩釜焼きにすると、魚のうまみが閉じ込められます。
When you cook it in a salt crust, the fish's flavor is sealed in.
Compound of 塩釜 (salt kettle/cauldron) and 焼き (baking/grilling), referring to the salt crust that resembles a pot.