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Parcels of fish fillet in spinach

Name: Parcels of fish fillet in spinach
Prep time: 2 h 19 min
Cook time: 4 min
Total time: 2 h 23 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 4 fillets fish; 150 g cooked spinach; 1 lemon; Olive oil; 1 knob butter; Salt; Pepper

These parcels are made with small pieces of fish fillet, wrapped in a blanched spinach leaf and lightly fried in butter. They can be served with a salted white wine sabayon (as in the recipe of scallops with crunchy vegetables), a beurre blanc, a dash of olive oil with herbs, or any other sauce of your choice.

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Duration

2 hours 24 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 22^th 2026

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For 4 people, you will need:

1 4 fillets fish
2 150 g cooked spinach
3 1 lemon
4 Olive oil
5 1 knob butter
6 Salt
7 Pepper
Total weight: 890 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

2 hours 20 min.

Cooking

4 min.

All in all

2 hours 24 min.

Preparation 2 hours 20 min.

Cooking 4 min.

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Step by step recipe

Step 1 - ⌛ 1 hour 9 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 1

Prepare spinach, as indicated here, keeping the leaves as large as possible.

Step 2 - ⌛ 10 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 2

Cut 4 fillets fish in pieces of about 1.5 cm or ½ inch square.

It's easier to use rather thin fish fillets, instead of thick like whiting or cod.

Step 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 3

With a brush, coat each piece with olive oil, salt and pepper.

Step 4 - ⌛ 5 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 4

Sprinkle each piece with lemon juice .

Step 5

Turn pieces over, and do the same on the other side.

Step 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 6

Put a spinach leaf in front of you, and put a fish piece in the middle.

Step 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 7

Fold the leaf around the fish to wrap it.

Step 8 - ⌛ 1 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 8

Turn the parcel over, and put aside on a plate.

Step 9

If the fish piece is a bit long, you can also roll it up in the leaf.

Step 10

Then fold in the edges.

Step 11 - ⌛ 40 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 11

Continue in this way with all the fish pieces.

These can be made beforehand, even the day before, but the parcels should be kept refrigerated, under plastic film.

Step 12 - ⌛ 4 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 12

Prepare the sauce of your choice.

Heat serving plates.

Melt the knob of butter in a frying pan, then put in the parcels, with the top side downwards in the butter. Cook like that for 2 minutes, covered, then for two further minutes on the other side, uncovered.

Step 13 - ⌛ 5 min.

Parcels of fish fillet in spinach : Step 13

Divide the parcels between the serving plates, add sauce and serve immediately.

Remarks

The only real difficulty in this recipe is to get enough big spinach leaves to roll up the fish pieces. Get the biggest you can when buying them.

For a diet recipe, serve the parcels just sprinkled with a little lemon juice, or a dash of olive oil. No beurre blanc...

Keeping: To eat right now.

Source: Homemade.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	12 g RDI=18 %	2 g RDI=1 %	1 g RDI=2 %	66 kcal RDI=3 %	276 kJ RDI=3 %
Per person	27 g RDI=41 %	4 g RDI=2 %	3 g RDI=4 %	147 kcal RDI=7 %	614 kJ RDI=7 %
Whole recipe	106 g RDI=164 %	16 g RDI=6 %	11 g RDI=16 %	587 kcal RDI=29 %	2,457 kJ RDI=29 %