Sea Bass Over Spinach

1 pound whole sea bass fillet
2 large garlic cloves, peeled and minced, about 3 teaspoons
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
2 teaspoons fresh coarse ground black pepper
1 teaspoon coarse salt
2 lemon wedges
1/3 cup white wine vinegar

1 pound fresh spinach leaves, about 4 cups

Salt and freshly ground pepper
Hot pepper flakes (optional)

1.      Preheat oven to 450 degrees.

2.      In a cup, mix garlic, olive oil, salt, and black pepper.

3.      Place fish in a shallow baking dish and rub with 1 tablespoon of the Italian seasoning. Season with salt and pepper.

4.      Pour wine over fish.

5.      Bake fish, uncovered, for 15 minutes; then add remaining tablespoon of Italian seasoning and bake for 5 minutes more, until the thickest part of the fish flakes.

6.      While you wait for the fish to finish baking, get out a small sauce pan and cook the spinach leaves on medium heat until the leaves wilt; add salt, pepper and dash of hot pepper flakes to taste. 

7.      Remove fish from oven and drizzle it with the pan juices; use the lemon wedges to give fish a few squirts of lemon juice.

8.      Serve on a bed of steamed spinach.