Asparagus Fish Dinner Parcels Recipes

ASPARAGUS FISH BUNDLES

Steps:

• Wrap each fillet around five asparagus spears; secure with toothpicks. Place in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. , Cover and bake at 350° for 15 minutes. Uncover; sprinkle with onions. Bake, uncovered, 12-15 minutes longer or until fish flakes easily with a fork and asparagus is crisp-tender., Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the sauce ingredients until blended. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Discard toothpicks from bundles; serve with sauce.

PAN-COOKED ASPARAGUS AND MIXED FISH

Steps:

• Get a really large frying pan, or 2 smaller ones, on the heat and add a glug of olive oil. Score the skin of your fish fillets all over, about 1/2-inch deep, and season. Put the fish fillets into the pan, skin side down, with the squid tentacles. Add the scallops. Run your knife down 1 side of each squid to open them out, then quickly and lightly score the inside in a crisscross fashion. Lay them in the pan, scored side down. Add the asparagus and gently shake the pan. Cook for a few minutes, then turn everything over and cook on the other side. Sprinkle over the thyme tips.
• You're the one in control of the pan, so if something looks cooked, take it out and keep it warm. Don't watch things burn! When the fish has crispy skin, the scallops are golden brown with caramelized edges and the squid has curled up and is nicely charred, remove the pan from the heat. Put the squid on a chopping board and roughly slice it into pieces at an angle, then return to the pan. Lay the fish fillets on each plate. Toss the asparagus, scallops and squid with half the chile, a good drizzle of good quality extra-virgin olive oil and the lemon juice. Lightly season and mix together. Divide on top of the plated fish. Sprinkle with the rest of the chopped chile and the fennel tops, and drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil.

ASPARAGUS FISH BAKE

Steps:

• Place the asparagus in a small saucepan and cover with water. Bring to a boil; cook for 1-2 minutes. Drain and place in a 1-qt. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Top with fish; set aside., In a small saucepan, saute onion in 1 tablespoon butter until tender. Stir in the flour, salt and pepper until blended. Gradually whisk in milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in cheese until melted. Pour over fish. , Melt remaining butter; stir in crackers and parsley. Sprinkle over cheese sauce. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until crumbs are golden brown and fish flakes easily with a fork.

CRISP-SKIN FISH WITH ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Snap the woody ends off the asparagus, and discard. Cut the tomatoes in half, spoon out and discard the seeds. Finely slice the tomato flesh, then cut into small dice. Set both asparagus and tomatoes aside.
• Heat the 1 tbsp olive oil in a large frying pan. Season the fish with salt and pepper, and cook skin-side down over medium heat for about 3-4 minutes, gently pressing, until skin is crisped and golden. Turn and cook the other side for 3-4 minutes, depending on the thickness, until cooked.
• Meanwhile, cook the asparagus in simmering salted water for 3-4 minutes. Drain well. For the dressing, gently warm the 3 tbsp olive oil in a small saucepan with the tomatoes, olives, capers and parsley leaves. Toss the asparagus in a little of the dressing. Arrange the asparagus on each of four warmed dinner plates, top with the fish, and spoon the warm tomato dressing around the fish.

BAKED ASPARAGUS PARCELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Snap one of the asparagus spears to find the tender point and then cut them all so they are the same length.
• Boil in salted water for 3 minutes and then drain.
• Melt the butter in a small frypan and add the spring onions and cook over a gentle heat until slightly softened - about 3 minutes.
• Add to the frypan the mustard, half the cream, half the cheese and the lemon juice, mix well together and check the seasoning and adjust as necessary.
• Lay out the slices of ham and divide the mixture evenly between the 12 slices.
• Put three spears on each slice and roll up neatly.
• Place in a baking dish in a single layer and pour over the rest of the cream and scatter the remaining cheese.
• Bake in the oven for 10 minutes or until all is hot.

ASPARAGUS WITH FISH AND EAU DE VIE

Steps:

• Cook the asparagus in salted water.
• Season the fish steaks with salt and pepper.
• Coat them with a mixture of 1,5 teaspoon mustard, 50 g- 1,75 oz.
• butter, 100 g- 3,5 oz.
• breadcrumbs, chopped chives and nutmeg.
• Put the fish in an oven dish and pour the fish stock and the eau the vie (Jenever) over them.
• Leave for 20 minutes in a preheated oven of 180° C- 355 ° F.
• Remove the fish steaks from the oven dish and add a lump of butter to the sauce.
• Season with cayenne pepper and some saffron.
• Heat the asparagus in the sauce.
• Put the fish and the asparagus on 4 warm dishes.
• Garnish with sauce and strips of smoked ham.

CHICKEN, BRIE & ASPARAGUS PARCELS

Steps:

• Fry chicken in a pan until browned on both sides.
• Drain on paper towel.
• Take two sheets of filo for each piece of chicken, fold the two pieces which are together, in half& spray with oil.
• Place a chicken fillet on each pastry sheet& top with even amounts of asparagus then brie.
• Fold pastry into a parcel, brush edges with water to seal.
• Place the parcels on greased oven trays& bake in a moderate oven (180c) for 10- 15 minutes or until browned.

BAKED FISH PARCELS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200° C with a baking tray in the centre of the oven.
• Measure the soy sauce and lemon juice into a small bowl. Add the cornflour and mix until the are no lumps, then stir in the sweet chilli sauce, garlic and chopped coriander (if using).
• Cut the carrot into thin julienne's and top and tail the beans or trim the asparagus spears and cut them diagonally into 5cm pieces. Place a 30x40 cm piece of baking paper (or foil) on a dinner plate (this stops the sauce running off) and place half the vegetables in the middle. Place one serving of the fish on top of the vegetables, then drizzle the stack with half the sauce. Fold up the edges of the baking paper (or foil) sheets and seal loosely with paperclips. Repeat the process on another sheet of paper or foil.
• Carefully lift the parcels onto the hot baking tray in the oven, then bake at 200° C for 12 minutes. Remove the tray from the oven and allow the parcels to cool for a few minutes before serving with rice or noodles.

SWEET CHILLI FISH PARCELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C (160C fan forced).
• Tear off 4 pieces of foil about 40cm long and place on a flat work surface and top each piece with a piece of baking paper.
• Combine chilli sauce, oyster sauce and sesame oil in a small jug.
• At centre of each piece of paper, place a quarter of the bok choy, carrot and capsicum and top with the fish and then drizzle with sauce mixture and then top with the ginger and fold to make a parcel.
• Place seam side down on a baking tray and bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until cooked (fish will flake when tested with a fork).
• Place rice in a medium saucepan and wash under cold water until water runs clear and drain.
• Add coconut milk and 1 1/2 cups of water and cover with a titght fitting lid and bring to the boil, reduce hat and cook rice for 10 to 12 minutes or until liquid is alsmost absorbed.
• Remove rice from the heat and stand for 5 minutes (DO NOT lift lid).
• Fluff with a fork to separate grains.
• Remove fish from parcels and serve with rice and top with coriander.

ASPARAGUS, FISH DINNER PARCELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F (200C).
• Cut four 12 x 13 inch rectangles of parchment.
• paper (foil may be substituted if cooking in a conventional oven).
• Fold in half lengthwise and crease.
• Open each one.
• Arrange fish fillets on one side of each rectangle.
• Drizzle evenly with lemon juice.
• Place four asparagus spears on top of each fillet.
• Sprinkle tomato, onion and herbs evenly over asparagus.
• Season with salt and pepper.
• Fold other half of paper over.
• Seal completely by making a double 1/2 inch fold on all cut edges.
• Place parcels on a baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven about 10 minutes or until fish flakes and asparagus is crisp-tender.
• (If using parchment paper you can microwave on full power 9 to 10 minutes. Allow to stand 5 minutes).
• Serve on individual plates.