In this article, you will be acquainted with two different baked fish recipes from France like the Haddock recipes, which you will love to cook and eat at home. With this recipe, you can get the healthy and delicious taste of the fish, without having to worry about leaving a fishy odor in your house. These recipes are easy and fast to prepare, you will also have time to make your rice or potatoes to accompany the recipe.
After 30 minutes, your fish dinner will be ready and the following morning, no one will notice that you had fish the night before.
If you have a personal favorite type of fish, you can use it for this recipe. However, it would be better if you start with fresh fish, and not frozen. The simple reason is that frozen fish tends to be watery which makes it better for sauces and soups.
Are you ready to start? In the first recipe, you should roll the fish and for the second recipe you will bake the fish in parchment paper (what the French call en papillote). These touches are already enough to make your dish elegant without doing a lot of work.
Rolled Baked Fish Recipe
Poisson au Four
2 pounds thin fish filets (sole for example)
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons butter
Two shallots
1/4 cup bread crumbs
1/4 cup white wine
1/4 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley, or 2 teaspoons dried herbs
Procedure:
First, you need to grease a baking dish using 1 tbsp of butter and then sprinkle half of the shallots in it.
Second, sprinkle the fish with pepper and salt to taste, and then it’s time to roll the fish filet. Once you are done rolling all the filets, you can arrange them in the baking dish.
Third, use your remaining shallots, herbs and bread crumbs by sprinkling them into the dish. Then, just pour cream and wine on top. Now you just need to melt your two remaining tablespoons of butter and pour it on top.
Finally, it’s time for baking. Bake the dish for 20 minutes in a 400 degrees oven. Serve it while it’s hot. This dish can serve six people.
Poisson en Papillote
4 fish filets, totaling about 1 pound
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 small zucchini
1 lemon
1 bunch of chives
Salt and pepper
Procedure:
First, you need to cut a 15 inch long piece of aluminum foil. Then, get the zucchini and wash it. After washing, slice them.
Second, place your finely chopped chives in a bowl.
Third, get the lemons and juice them by squeezing with your hands if you don’t have a juicer. Pour the juice into the bowl of chives and then mix in the heavy cream.
Place each filet onto the foil. To add favor to the fish, just add salt and pepper. On top of each fish, add the zucchini while dividing it evenly among the four pieces. Now, pour several tablespoons of the mixture of cream on top of each fillet.
Using the aluminum foil, wrap up each filet. In order to ensure that all the edges are secured, you can roll the top but also you should be careful not to tear the aluminum foil.
In an oven proof dish, place the four packages and cook it in the oven for about 20 minutes. This dish will be able to make 4 servings.