Wednesday, 20 February 2013

Easy Self-Saucing Fish Parcles



This is my husband's favourite meal - and it's super easy so I thought I would share it with you today.

You will need:

1 medium sized Basa or other mild tasting white fish fillet - no skin or bones
a glug olive oil
1/4 lemon's zest
half a sprig of rosemary (approx. 5cm)
1/4 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 small knob butter
splash white wine
approx. 30x30cm aluminium foil
approx. 30x30cm baking paper




The method is as follows:

pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C

lay your square of baking paper onto of your square of foil
lay your fish on top of that

drizzle with olive oil

On top of the fillet, place the lemon zest, whole rosemary sprig, mustard and butter

fold the edges of the wrapper to make a boat like shape and add a splash of white wine

wrap the fish up completely and place in the oven

cook for approx. 30 minutes or until the fish is opaque and flakes easily with a fork - there should be no pink bits!

I serve with boiled potatoes and either asparagus or green beans - you don't need a sauce as when you tip the fish out of the foil the lemon-y, butter-y, wine-y sauce will flow onto the plate!

Enjoy!