20 April 2009

halibut and asparagus in parchment

We took these basic ingredients from an epicurious recipe and made it ourselves - delicious.

  • 2 large pieces of parchment
  • 2 serving size pieces of halibut (probably other white fish of choice would work just as well)
  • salt and pepper
  • 2 tblsp butter
  • 1 pack asparagus, washed, trimmed, and cut into 1/2 inch pieces
  • about 20 leaves of fresh tarragon
  • 1/2 large orange
  1. Preheat oven to 400.
  2. Place one piece of parchment on a cookie sheet and lie the halibut skin-down in the center. Salt and pepper the top of the fish.
  3. Cut 1 tbsp of butter into small cubes and lie in a row down the top of the fish.
  4. Pile 1/2 of the cut asparagus on top.
  5. Sprinkle 1/2 of the tarragon leaves on top of that.
  6. Squeeze 1/2 of the juice of the orange on top of that.
  7. Wrap the pile in the parchments so that all sides are wrapped in and then folded over on top (it may start to unwrap a bit at the top; that's OK as long as the sides are contained).
  8. Repeat steps 2 - 7 for the other piece of fish on the same cookie sheet.
  9. Cook until halibut is flaky, about 17 minutes.

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