Aromatic Striped Bass

Ingredients
•	1 1/2 pound whole striped bass, cleaned
•	1/2 leek, cut in long strips
•	1/2 cup sliced anise bulb
•	2 carrots, sliced
•	4 white potatoes, cut in 3/4 inch pieces
•	2 large fresh shitake mushrooms 
•	2 few sprigs of parsley
•	1/3 cup white wine
•	2 tablespoons mirin (available at any Japanese store)
•	1 tablespoon soy sauce
•	1/4 teaspoon roasted sesame oil
•	1/3 cup water
•	salt

Preparation 
1.  Soak a clay pot in water for 15 minutes
2.  Rub the fish with salt, and lay some of the leek strips inside it, as well as a few sprigs of parsley
3.  Put the carrots on the bottom of the clay pot, then the fish, surrounded by the anise, leeks, and mushrooms, and put the potatoes on top.
4.  Mix together the white wine, mirin, soy sauce, sesame oil & water, and pour over the potatoes.
5.  Cover the clay pot, and place it in a cold oven.
6.  Bake at 450 F.  After 30 minutes, check if the fish is ready.