Herbed Fish en Papillote

Name: Herbed Fish en Papillote
Total time: 1380 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 gilt head bream (Dorada); 1 lemon; 2 tbsp Pesto; 2 tsp Olive oil

cepellina @cepellina

The fish gets gently cooked as the steam accumulates in the pocket resulting in the softest, most delicate, flavour packed fish.

cepellina @cepellina

The fish gets gently cooked as the steam accumulates in the pocket resulting in the softest, most delicate, flavour packed fish.

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Ingredients

23mins

2 servings

1gilt head bream (Dorada)
1lemon
2 tbspPesto
2 tspOlive oil

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Steps

23mins

1

I love the bream family type fish but you can honestly use any fish. I asked the fish monger to butterfly the fish, and clean it out. That's all.
I cut small diagonal slits in the skin side so that it cooks faster and the flavours also seep through. I salted the skin side generously. I put a little bit of oil to the foil so the skin doesn't stick and the fish flat. You can also use baking paper instead of tin foil.
2

I salted the butterflied part and smeared the pesto. First time I made it without pesto and just with fresh herbs it was amazing as well.
3

I cut the lemon in to discs and placed them on top of the pesto and sprinkled some more herbs.
4

Sprinkled some olive oil on top. And closed up the edges of the foil so it's really tight
5

Place it in a preheated 220c oven and bake it for 20 -25 minutes.
I did 23mins and it was perfect. Don't waste a drop of that juice that accumulates at the bottom of the bag after cooking use it as a sauce it's very nice.
6

Served it with some roasted veggies. I just popped them In the oven 30 mins before and then, flipped them and placed the fish in the under rack so it all cooks together. Very convenient.
7

And when I say it's friggin good, I mean it!
My Fiance licked his plate clean and here's the proof 😅