Parcels of fish fillet in spinach
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.
222K 31 4.9
Last modified on: March 18th 2013
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4 fillets fish
150 g 
1 
1 knob 
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 2 hours 19 min. | 4 min. | 2 hours 23 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 1 hour 9 min.
Prepare spinach, as indicated here, keeping the leaves as large as possible.
Stage 2 - 10 min.
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.
It's easier to use rather thin fish fillets, instead of thick like whiting or cod.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
With a brush, coat each piece with olive oil, salt and pepper.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Sprinkle each piece with lemon juice .
Stage 5
Turn pieces over, and do the same on the other side.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Put a spinach leaf in front of you, and put a fish piece in the middle.
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Fold the leaf around the fish to wrap it.
Stage 8 - 1 min.
Turn the parcel over, and put aside on a plate.
Stage 9
If the fish piece is a bit long, you can also roll it up in the leaf.
Stage 10
Then fold in the edges.
Stage 11 - 40 min.
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.
These can be made beforehand, even the day before, but the parcels should be kept refrigerated, under plastic film.
Stage 12 - 4 min.
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.
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.
Stage 13 - 5 min.
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...
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.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 540 Kcal or 2,261 Kj | 106 gr | 16 gr | 11 gr |
| 27 % | 41 % | 2 % | 2 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 61 Kcal or 255 Kj | 12 gr | 2 gr | 1 gr |
| 3 % | 5 % | <1 % | <1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 135 Kcal or 565 Kj | 27 gr | 4 gr | 3 gr |
| 7 % | 10 % | <1 % | <1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 6.86 €
- Per person : 1.72 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
Source
Home made.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Cooked spinach: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Scrambled eggs with butter-fried bread and fresh spinach, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Chicken with spinach in a cream sauce , Asparagus and spinach gratin, Poached eggs with spinach and Comté milk, ... All |
 | Fish fillet: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Sea bass with coriander cream en papillote, Tahitian salad, Fish terrine with spinach and tomatoes, Red sea bream fillets in a soy-sauce marinade, ... All |
 | Lemon: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Multicoloured cucumber-tomato salad, Endives "bonne femme", Surprise eggs, Lemon creams, Little lemon biscuits, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pecan fruit rolls , Paris flan filling, Kouign-amann, Roasted Cauliflower, Potatoes with bacon and herbs, ... All |
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