Oven-baked salmon in parcels

Food cooked on parcels is always fun to be served and to open.  Not only is salmon delicious cooked in this way – it comes from Greece – but the aromas are particularly enticing as the parcels are undone.

Preparation Time: 20 Mins

Cooking Time: 25 Mins

Total Time: 45 Mins

Ingredients

For 6 servings…

1 small bunch    Dill  - chopped        

1                    Lemon  - zest and juice of       

1 heart            Lettuce  - Cos - shredded        

6 tbs               Olive oil    

1 tsp               Oregano    

1 bunch           Parsley  - chopped    

                      Pepper  - freshly ground, black 

6 fillets            Salmon     

                      Salt          

2                    Shallots  - chopped roughly     

To serve

                      Lemon  - wedges     

Method

Lay the salmon in a dish and drizzle on half of the lemon zest and juice, the oregano and salt and pepper.  Cover and leave to marinade in a cool place.

In the meantime, put the lettuce and shallot in a bowl, mix together with the parsley, dill, remaining lemon zest and juice and olive oil.

Cut six pieces of greaseproof paper into sheets large enough to fold into a parcel around each salmon fillet.  Place a fillet in the centre of each paper square. Evenly spread each one with some of the lettuce mixture, drizzle on a little more olive oil and season to taste.

Carefully bring two sides of the parcel together, folding them over to seal the edges to make a kind of tent.  Now twist the ends to seal the parcel.Place the parcels on a baking sheet and cook in a preheated oven at 210°C for 25 minutes.

Transfer the parcels to individual plates for the diners to unwrap.

Wine recommendations

Conventional

     Côtes du Rhône blanc

Interesting

     Mâcon

     Riesling

     Vouvray sec