Cooking in Parchment: Cooking in parchment is a popular French technique. This method creates concentrated steam inside parcels for a delicate, flavorful taste.
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USDA recommends cooking fish to 145° F.
Wine Pairing: 2010 Monti Guidi del Carmine Pecorino
Ingredients
- 1 shallot
- 1⁄2 bunch mint
- 1⁄2 bunch chives
- 1 bunch baby carrots
- 1 lemon
- 1⁄4 pound fingerling potatoes
- 2 fillets pollock
- 4 sprigs thyme
- parchment paper
Instructions
1. Prepare Ingredients
Preheat oven to 425°F. Peel shallot and mince. Rinse mint and pick leaves, discarding stems. Rinse chives and mince. Peel carrots and halve lengthwise. Rinse lemon and halve crosswise. Cut 2 slices from 1 half, reserving remainder. Rinse fingerling potatoes and cut into 1⁄8-inch coins. Rinse pollock and pat dry with paper towel.
2. Roast Carrots
Toss carrot with 1 tablespoon olive oil, salt, and pepper on a baking sheet. Arrange in a single layer and roast until tender, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a medium bowl and immediately toss with mint, chive, and a squeeze of lemon juice. Set aside.
3. Assemble Parchment
Cut parchment paper in half. Place rectangles on a clean dry surface. Fold each in half lengthwise to create a crease, then reopen. Divide potato evenly between papers, arranging in a single layer on half of each. Top with shallot, 1⁄2 tablespoon olive oil each, salt, and pepper.
4. Seal Parchment
Place pollock over potato and season with salt and pepper. Top each fillet with 1⁄2 tablespoon olive oil, a squeeze of lemon juice, 2 sprigs thyme, and lemon slice. Fold over parchment, recreasing, then fold in edges, overlapping and folding all around, to create a tightly sealed parcel.
5. Cook Pollock
Place parchment parcels on a baking shet and bake in the oven until pollock is cooked through, 10-12 minutes. Remove parcels from oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes.
6. Plate Pollock
Gently unfold or cut open parcels. Serve roasted carrot alongside pollock, still inside parcel.
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