Photo: Cod in a Sack with Fennel and Onion Recipe
Directions
Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 1 bulb fennel, cored and thinly sliced
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 4 large cloves garlic, chopped
- 1/2 cup pitted and chopped good quality black and green olives
- 2 pounds cod fillets, cut into 4 portions (get thick pieces from the center cuts rather than tail-end pieces)
- Salt and pepper
- 1/4 cup flat-leaf parsley, a generous handful, chopped
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for generous drizzling
- 1 lemon
- Crusty bread, to pass at table
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
Rip off 4 sheets of parchment paper, each a little over a foot long.
Make layered stacks dividing the fennel, onions, garlic, olives, and cod among the parchment pieces, working in the center of each piece of paper. Season the cod with salt and pepper and top with parsley. Drizzle extra-virgin olive oil liberally over the fish portions. Fold the top and bottom edges together and crease several times then crease up the ends of the packets. Arrange the packets on the baking sheet and place in the center of the hot oven.
Bake packets 20 minutes. Serve a packet per dinner plate and cut open at table. Cut lemon into wedges and serve to squeeze down over the hot fish. Pass bread to mop up the cooking juices in the sack.
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By vieja47
on April 21, 2011
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Hubby doesn't care for green olives, and declared he wouldn't like this because of it... LOL He LOVED it, ate every bit, green olives and all *s*, and says the cooking method is awesome since it cooked the fish perfectly. Only tweak I made was to saute the fennel and onion for a couple minutes in a bit of butter & oil before topping the fish. Oh my, what a keeper! THANX, Rach!
By smreedy
on December 02, 2010
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Delicious. I tossed green beans in olive oil and roasted them right along side the packets for a more rounded meal. I think next time I would use less onion or a sweeter one?
By weluv_5776437
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on October 12, 2010
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OMG, this is so easy & TASTES GREAT! My family of finicky eaters mowed through this and actually gave compliments. Maybe the user indicating "worst stuff" should switch it up with ingredients the family prefers. The process is easy & is a great "do-ahead".
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