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Red Snapper en Papillote

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Ingredients

The base

  • 1 cup broccoli rabe or your favorite bitter green
  • ½ cup fennel, medium slice
  • 2 6-8 ounce red snapper fillets or your favorite fish
  • 1 drizzle olive oil
  • to taste sea salt and black pepper

The aromatics

  • 2 tablespoons chopped green olives
  • 2 tablespoons capers
  • 2 cloves garlic, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons scallions, sliced
  • 2 tablespoons julienne red peppers
  • ¼ cup sliced mushrooms (optional)
  • 2 leaves sprigs of fennel

The garnish

  • 4 slices lemon
  • 1 teaspoon chopped parsley for garnish

The wrapping

  • 2 sheets parchment paper (approx. 12 x 15 inches)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Remove the skin from the red snapper fillets.
  3. Place two sheets of parchment side by side.
  4. Divide the broccoli rabe between the two sheets, placing it in the lower half of each sheet.
  5. Layer sliced fennel on top of the broccoli rabe, then place the red snapper fillet on top.
  6. Season the fish with olive oil, sea salt, and black pepper.
  7. Add aromatics on top of the snapper including garlic, olives, capers, scallions, red pepper, and fennel leaves.
  8. Top with lemon wedges.
  9. Fold the parchment closed, creating small folds to seal it tightly.
  10. Place the packets on a cookie sheet and bake for approximately 15 minutes.
  11. Serve the packets on plates and allow guests to open them, adding parsley as a garnish.

Nutrition Facts (estimated)

Servings
2
Calories
239
Total fat
4g
Total carbohydrates
6g
Total protein
42g
Sodium
493mg
Cholesterol
73mg

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