Fish En Papillote Recipe - How To Make Baked Fish With Veggies - My Recipe Book By Tarika Singh | Get Curried

Learn how to make Fish En Papillote, that is, fish baked with veggies at home.

Fish en Papillote - Fish which is cooked by putting it into a folded parcel and then baking it. This fish comes out extremely succulent and saturated with flavors. When it bakes, the steam causes it to puff up, rewarding you with a cloud of aromatic steam when you cut into it. Food blogger Tarika Singh brings you this delectable recipe which is a great replacement to your regular meal.

Fish En Papillote Recipe Ingredients:

1 fillet of Basa Fish (about 300 grams)
parchment paper

For seasoning the fish:
sea salt
black pepper

For dressing:
2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
1 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
1/4 tsp. Thime
1/4 tsp. red chilli flakes
salt and pepper to taste
1 bunch dill (freshly chopped)

For veggies:
1/2 zucchini (thinly sliced in half-moon shape)
1 carrot (sliced)
1 small potato (peeled & sliced)
1 small leek (chopped)

Method:

- Start with seasoning the Basa fish with salt and pepper and keep it aside.
- Pre-heat your oven at 180 degrees Celsius.

To make the dressing:
- In a glass, pour the extra virgin olive oil.
- Add the fresh lemon juice and the thyme to it.
- Add the chilli flakes (adjust to your spice levels), salt and pepper, and give it a nice stir.
- Add a bunch of freshly cut dill to the above dressing and stir well.

To make the veggies:
- Use half zucchini and cut it into small, half-moon-shaped pieces.
- Slice up the carrot and the potato.
- Add all these veggies in a bowl and add most of the dressing to the veggies (save about 2 tsp. for the fish) and toss the veggies with the dressing.

To make the parcel:
- Take a parchment paper and start layering all the ingredients on it.
- The first layer would be of the chopped leek. Top this layer up with the veggies that you tossed with the dressing.
- Spread the veggies evenly over the layer of leek.
- Place the seasoned fillet of Basa fish over the layer of veggies.
- Drizzle on the leftover dressing (about 2 tsp.) and also sprinkle the remaining dill over the fish.
- Seal the parchment paper by folding and turning it inwards from all sides. Make sure you seal the parchment paper well.
- Bake the fish in the preheated oven for about 15-17 minutes.
- Once it's slightly puffed up, take it out of the oven and carefully cut the parchment paper.
- Your delicious fish en papillote is ready to serve.

Host: Tarika Singh
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En papillote , or al cartoccio in Italian, is a method of cooking in which the food is put into a folded pouch or parcel and then baked. This method is most often used to cook fish or vegetables, but lamb and poultry can also be cooked en papillote.[2]