Steamed Fish En Papillote Recipes

FISH EN PAPILLOTE, MEDITERRNANEAN-STYLE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Season the fish with kosher salt and pepper on both sides.
• Prepare the sauce. Place the olive oil, lemon juice, shallots, garlic and spices in a small mixing bowl or measuring cup and whisk to combine.
• Prepare 4 large pieces of parchment paper (about 12 inches or so on each side). Fold the parchment pieces down the middle to mark two halves.
• Assemble the pouches. Place each fish fillet on the bottom half of a parchment piece. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the prepared sauce over the fish. Add 1 lemon slice, 1 tomato slice, and 1 bell pepper slice on top.
• Fold the top half of the parchment paper over the fish and veggies and go around to fold and secure each piece of parchment around the fish and veggies creating a well-wrapped pouch.
• Place the fish pouches on a large baking sheet. Bake on the middle rack of your heated oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until the fish is fully cooked and flakes easily.
• To serve, leave the fish and veggies in their own closed parchment pouches and transfer each pouch to a serving plate.

FISH EN PAPILLOTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Mix lime zest and juice, garlic, ginger, onion, and chiles in a medium bowl. Fold four 20-inch pieces of parchment in half lengthwise. Unfold, and place 1 fillet and 1 head bok choy along each crease. Rub both with 2 tablespoons oil, and season with salt and pepper. Top each fillet with some onion mixture and 2 sprigs cilantro.
• Fold parchment over fish, making small overlapping folds along edges and sealing with a paper clip. Place on rimmed baking sheets. Roast until parchment puffs, 10 to 12 minutes. Carefully cut packets, avoiding escaping steam, and serve.

TROUT EN PAPILLOTE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas 5. Put the carrots and celery in a pan with the oil, sugar, wine, salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, tightly cover, then cook for 10 mins until the vegetables are tender. Cool.
• Cut four large sheets of baking parchment, about 35cm square. Divide the vegetables between them and top each with a trout fillet. Scatter a few basil leaves and a little lemon juice over each, then season the fish with a little salt and pepper. Fold the paper in half and double fold all round to seal in the fish, a bit like a pasty.
• Put the parcels on two baking sheets and bake for 15-20 mins (depending on the thickness of the fish). Serve in their paper with some steamed new potatoes.

STEAMED FISH EN PAPILLOTE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly season fish on both sides with salt and pepper.
• Cut four pieces of parchment paper, each measuring 12 by 17 inches, and lay them on a clean work surface. Fold each in half crosswise, then open and lay flat.
• Divide spinach leaves among parchment, mounding on one side of the fold. Divide butter in half, then divide one of the halves among the four papers, spooning it on top of spinach; top each with 2 lemon slices. Lay a fillet on top of the lemons and spoon remaining butter on fish. Fold over parchment and form a half-moon packet, beginning at one corner; make small overlapping pleats all the way around to seal the edges completely.
• Transfer packets to a rimmed baking sheet and cook until parchment puffs up, about 12 minutes (8 minutes per inch of thickness for firm-fleshed fish).
• Immediately place a packet on each of four plates and use kitchen shears to cut open the packets at the table. Serve with lemon wedges.

STEAMED FISH AND VEGETABLES IN STOVE-TOP PAPILLOTTE

Steps:

• Tear off 2 large pieces of plastic wrap (the type which is designed to use in the microwave oven); each one should be large enough to enclose the fish and vegetables in a single layer.
• Rub lemon juice on both sides of halibut. Layer half cup of snow peas on bottom of plastic wrap and drizzle with a teaspoon of olive oil. Place fish over that and bring up plastic wrap to totally enclose the fish.
• Set a cake rack over simmering water in a deep skillet. Turn fish packages upside down so snow peas are on top. Layer them on the cake rack and cover with a round bowl or cover to entrap steam. Cook for 5 minutes or until fish and vegetables are cooked through.
• While fish is steaming, tomato seeds with a spoon and cut them into a fine dice; toss with dice with a bit of olive oil, salt and pepper and spoon the tomatoes on dinner plates.
• When fish is done, with scissors, carefully open package (watch out for your hands). Pose fish and vegetables over tomatoes and drizzle juices over the top; season with salt and pepper and garnish top with basil.

STEAMED FISH EN PAPILLOTE

Steps:

• Prepare parchment packets Heat the oven to 400°F. Lightly season fish on both sides with salt and pepper. Cut four pieces of parchment paper (each measuring 12 by 17 inches) and lay them on a clean work surface. Fold each in half crosswise; then open, and lay flat. Divide spinach leaves among parchment, mounding it on one side of the fold. Divide the compound butter in half, then divide one of the halves among the four packets, spooning it on top of the spinach; top each with 2 lemon slices. Lay a fillet on top of the lemons and spoon remaining compound butter on fish. Fold over parchment and then form the half-moon packet: beginning at one of the corners, make small overlapping pleats all the way around to seal the edges completely.
• Steam packets Transfer packets to a rimmed baking sheet, and cook in the oven until parchment puffs up, about 12 minutes (8 minutes per inch of thickness for firm-fleshed fish).
• Serve Immediately place a packet on each of four plates and use kitchen shears to cut open the packets at the table. Serve with lemon wedges.
• Ingredients
• Firm-fleshed fish varieties with plenty of flavor work best with the caper butter in this recipe; try halibut, salmon, or striped bass.
• Since they can be rinsed, salt-packed capers will actually taste less salty than those packed in brine and have a pure caper taste. Use nonpareil capers whenever possible.

BAKED FISH EN PAPILLOTTE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees.
• Use about a third of the olive oil to smear on the parchment or foil. Place the fillet on the oiled surface, and sprinkle the rest of the oil on top. Strew the lemon rind and capers over the top, and sprinkle with freshly ground pepper to taste.
• Draw the sides and ends of the paper or foil up over the fish to form a loose packet. Crimp the edges together to make a tight seal.
• Place the fish on a tray or cookie sheet. Place in the oven, and bake for 10 minutes. Serve the whole packet on a dinner plate; diners open their packets at table. Garnish with watercress.