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As a little girl, I was curious and things haven’t changes that much… I still have a curious mind. I love to experiment, discover, try and enjoy whatever I’m not custom or familiar at. Cooking is the same thing. If there’s something I haven’t try and taste yet, you bet I will…
Years ago I went out for dinner with friends and saw “Fish du Jour en Papillote”. What do you think happened? Of course I ordered it! When the waiter brought my plate, I was impressed! The presentation was amazing…
In French “en Papillote” means “wrapped”. What exactly is it? – you ask.
It’s either a fish fillet or seafood that is placed in a parchment paper, crimped tightly and bake in the oven at high temperature. This cooking method is awesome because it traps all the juices and flavors. What’s also nice about it is it makes such an incredible presentation…
In this episode I don’t really focus on the ingredients as much as showing you how to proceed with this method. You can use any fish or seafood you like, vegetables and also any preferred seasonings. This is also a great way to use fresh herbs.
En Papillote is so not a complicated cooking method. Just keep in mind that if you decide to use for an example some potatoes, make sure you pre-cooked them because the cooking time for this method is only 15 minutes. Same applies with some other vegetables which you might want to blanch slightly before adding with your fish/seafood. If you would like to use the same ingredients then the ones in the video, I listed them below…
This is a quick and easy cooking method you will really enjoy. When I serve it, I don’t remove anything from the pouch and just open with a pair of scissor right in front of my guests. Leaving everything in gives that “WOW” factor of the dish plus, as mentioned earlier, all the juices and flavors are trapped inside… It’s deliciously exquisite!
Next time you have a dinner party and really want to impress your guests but don’t really want to spend a whole lot of time in the kitchen, en Papillote is the way to go. It doesn’t take much time to prepare and in less than half an hour, you have such an elegant and yet scrumptious dish for you to enjoy…
Bon Appétit!
Ingredients on the video
– 3 parchment papers ***NOTE***
– Olive oil, as needed
– 6 thin red snapper fillets
– 3 small red potatoes, pre-cooked (boiled for about 10 minutes)
– 3 halved cherry tomatoes
– Freshly ground black pepper and ground Himalayan sea salt, to taste
– ½ tbsp. fresh dill per pouch
– 1 long chive per pouch, cut into 4 pieces
– 1 small pinch cayenne pepper per pouch
– 1 tbsp. sliced black olives per pouch
– 1 tbsp. dry white wine per pouch
– 2 slices lemon wedges per pouch
***NOTE*** Use one parchment paper per fillet unless it’s thin or small.
Here are a few scrumptious fish recipes…
– Grilled Marlin Steak
– Panko Breaded Fish Fillet
– Grilled Fish Tacos
– Mediterranean Fish Fillet with Tapenade
– Beer Battered Fish
– Pacific Coast Salmon on the BBQ
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