Rachael Rays Spanish Fish In A Sack Recipes

FISH IN A SACK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400
• In a bowl combine fennel, onion, potato, garlic, salt, pepper and just enough olive oil to lightly coat
• Cut 12 x 16 pieces of parchment paper (TIP buy precut packaged half sheets from any restaurant supply store)
• Arrange about 1/4 of fennel mixture in center of each parchment, drizzle with 2 tablespoons vermouth or wine per packet, top with fish, season fish with salt and pepper, top fish lemon juice, butter, parsley
• Meet short ends at middle and fold over 1 inch, fold a few more turns than fold in ends to make half-moon shaped packets (sacks)
• Roast fish in sacks 20 -25 minutes and remove from oven
• Serve on plates, open the parcels carefully and slide contents away from vegetables and chicken
• Discard the paper

SAUSAGE AND FISH ONE-POT

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of extra-virgin olive oil, a turn of the pan, over medium-high heat. Heads up: use a skillet with a tight fitting lid. Add the sausage and crumble while browning, about 3 to 4 minutes. While the sausage browns, crush the garlic. Peel the onion, trim off the root end and then thinly slice. Add the garlic, onions and potatoes to the pan with the sausage and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Douse the pan with half of the vermouth or wine, cover the pan with a lid and cook 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the lid, add the tomatoes and gently stir into the potatoes. Set fillets on top of the potatoes and douse with the remaining vermouth or wine. Season the fish with salt and pepper, to taste. Set lid in place and cook until the fish is opaque, about 6 to 8 minutes.
• Top the fish with parsley, the juice of 1/2 a lemon and garnish with a liberal drizzle of extra-virgin olive oil. To serve, transfer the fish and sausage mixture from the pan into shallow bowls to hold the juice. Use the crusty bread to soak in the juices at the table.

GINGER-GARLIC FISH IN PARCHMENT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Rip off 4 pieces of parchment to form packets each about 12-inches long. Season fish with salt and pepper. Place a piece of parchment in a shallow dish then in the center of the paper stack 1/4 of the scallions and shiitakes, layer with slices of ginger and garlic and top with fish. Combine the honey, vinegar and tamari and pour 1/4 of the sauce over fish. Fold over the top of the parchment then roll the sides in to form a sealed pouch. Repeat with remaining parchment and ingredients. Arrange the pouches on a baking sheet and roast in hot oven 12 to 14 minutes.

SPANISH FISH IN A SACK

Steps:

• Prepare just as for the master recipe, #246, but with swapped ingredients: green beans, garlic, and pimiento or red pepper strips, snapper, salt and pepper, scallions, parsley, EVOO, lemon zest and juice. Roast for 17 to 18 minutes.

RACHAEL RAY'S SPANISH FISH IN A SACK

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Rip off 4 sheets of parchment paper, each a little over a foot long. Place 1/4 of the green beans in the center of each sheet then top with 2 anchovy fillets -- optional, 1/4 of the garlic, 1/4 of the pimiento or roasted pepper strips, chopped olives and cod or snapper portions. Season the fish with salt and pepper and top with equal amounts of the scallions and parsley. Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil liberally and equally along with lemon zest and juice evenly over the fish portions. Fold the top and bottom edges together and crease several times then crease up the ends of the packets, making a sack for each fish to cook in. Arrange the sacks on the baking sheet and place in the center of the hot oven. Bake packets 20 minutes. Serve a packet per dinner plate and cut open at table.