Last night, I borrowed a recipe from the website known as
The Kitchn but I modded it heavily to downplay the fishiness of the fish.
I preheated the oven to 400.
I took a defrosted halibut that had been lying in the freezer for decades (well..maybe a year), rinsed it, felt over for the bones and cut the fillet in half across the middle. Then I sliced some leeks into reeds, tomatoes into wedges, parsley into sprigs, and rosemary into smaller sprigs. I smothered the halibut in Lemonnaise (which happened to be on sale at Whole Foods..thanks Kiriko Moth!) and I placed it on the foil (cut to the size of a 14 inch sheet of paper and greased a little with canola) over a butter pat. I added another pat to the top and then I layered with the leeks first, tomato second and parsley and thyme third. This is where I forgot to salt and pepper so I added that as I was about to close the foil. When I wrapped the fish by folding two ends together and twisting the remaining sides, then creasing the folds to make a perfect seal. I put it in the oven for 20 minutes, and when it finished, I opened the packets and just ate it directly out of the foil. The fish was neither fishy nor bland. The lemonnaise did the work of lemon and gave the fillet some moisture. The herbs were nice and aromatic and the tomatoes tasted fine out of the packet. Perfect for a steamy fall meal.
My co-worker has this Vietnamese recipe for Salmon with basil and herbs and lemon grass wrapped in a banana leaf that I would like to try. I'm thinking of doing it soon, but I have a couple small pumpkins from the CSA I want to stuff first.
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