Parchment-Cooked Fish With Morels, Spring Garlic, And Thyme
Serves: 2
Lelia Marks
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
50
Spice
50
Sweetness
38
Sourness
39
mins
Prep time (avg)
5.2
Difficulty
Ingredients:
450 g
Mushroom (fresh morel)1
Salt1.5 tsps
Butter1 cup
Garlic (chopped scapes)1 tbsp
Canola Oil (or as needed)Directions:
1
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C)
2
Place morel mushrooms in a dry skillet over medium heat and sprinkle with salt and black pepper
3
Cook, stirring often, until the mushrooms release their juice and the juice evaporates, about 5 minutes
4
Sprinkle halibut fillets with salt and black pepper on both sides
5
Heat butter in a large skillet over medium-low heat and cook the halibut fillets until golden brown on the outside, about 2 minutes per side
6
Remove fish from skillet and set aside
7
Cook and stir garlic scapes in the same skillet used to cook fish until fragrant, about 1 minute
8
Remove pan from heat and stir morel mushrooms and thyme with the garlic scapes until combined
9
Fold a piece of parchment paper in half crosswise
10
Use scissors to cut a very large valentine-like heart shape out of the folded paper, as large as possible
11
Repeat with remaining parchment to make 4 large heart shapes
12
Open the heart shapes; brush right sides of the hearts with canola oil
13
Place 1/4 morel mushroom mixture in the left (unoiled) half of each heart
14
Place a halibut fillet on the mushroom mixture
15
Sprinkle fish with salt and black pepper
16
Fold the oiled right half of the heart over the fish
17
Fold about 1/4 inch of parchment paper over, starting at the rounded end, and work your way down to the point, folding as you go
18
Fold the edge over a second time to enclose fish and mushrooms in a bundle with a double-folded, sealed edge
19
Leave about 1/4 inch of the bottom point unfolded
20
Use a straw inserted into the open bottom to blow air into the bundle, making it puff up like a small balloon
21
Twist the bottom closed to enclose the air
22
Place parchment bundles on 2 baking sheets; don't let the bundles touch each other
23
Bake in the preheated oven until fish is no longer translucent in the center, about 15 minutes
24
To serve, plate each portion and carefully cut open the parchment to reveal the fish, mushrooms, and juices
25
Bundle will release hot steam when opened