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Recipe

Fish Fillets In Parchment with Asparagus and Orange

serves
prep time: 10
cook time: 257

ingredients

  • 4 15x15 inch squares parchment paper
  • 4 6 ounce fish fillets (such as halibut or cod, each about 1 inch thick)
  • 12 fresh tarragon leaves
  • 1 pound slender asparagus spears, trimmed, cut into 1.5 inch pieces
  • 1/4 cup orange juice

directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place parchment squares on work surface. Generously butter half of each parchment square, top buttered half of each with 1 fish fillet. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper, top each fillet with 3 tarragon leaves, then 1 piece of butter. Arrange asparagus around each fish fillet, pour 1 tablespoon orange juice over each. Fold parchment over fish and asparagus, folding and crimping edges tightly to seal and enclose filling completely. Place on 2 rimmed baking sheets, spacing apart. do ahead Can be made 4 hours ahead. Chill.

Bake fish packets 17 minutes. Slide packets onto plates and serve.