5 Steamed Parcel Recipes To Try This Week
Photography: STOCKSY/IVAN SOLIS
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5 Steamed Parcel Recipes To Try This Week

Whether you’re trying to stick to healthier choices or just looking for light, delicious meals, a steamed parcel is a winner, says food writer and SL contributor Chloe Scott-Moncrieff. Combine tasty seafood with herby vegetables and spices, pile the ingredients in some foil, seal, and you’re away. Plus, it saves you time when it comes to washing up. Here are five of her favourite bakes to try at home…
Photography: STOCKSY/IVAN SOLIS

Olive & Tomato Seabream

Serves
2
Difficulty
Easy
Total Time
30 Minutes
Ingredients
2 sea bream fillets
3 large tomatoes, finely chopped
6 cardamom pods, shells removed
200g pitted black olives
1 glass of white wine
Method
Step 1

Preheat the oven to 190°C.

Step 2

Cut two large rectangles, large enough to hold your meal, out of the parchment paper or bacofoil. Lay down the bream fillets into the two parcels. Divide the other ingredients between the two. Season generously with salt and pepper. Fold up the sides so the fish is in a neat parcel.

Step 3

Bake for 15-20 minutes. Then, let it rest. Meanwhile, blend the sauce ingredients together.

Step 4

Serve the fillets with the sauce on the side.

Salmon With Miso Marinade

Serves
2-4
Difficulty
Easy
Total Time
30 Minutes
Ingredients
2-4 salmon fillets
1in piece of ginger, skin peeled
1 red chilli, finely chopped
2 red peppers, finely chopped
For the marinade
1 tbsp of miso paste
1 tbsp of soy sauce
2 garlic cloves, peeled
1 tbsp of water or oil
1 tsp of paprika
Method
Step 1

Preheat the oven to 190°C.

Step 2

With scissors, cut two rectangles out of the parchment paper or bacofoil. They need to be large enough to hold each portion.

Step 3

Make the marinade and slather it over the salmon, letting it sit for 15 minutes.

Step 4

Place the salmon into the foil, skin side down. Then divide the rest of the ingredients between the rectangles. Season. Seal into parcels.

Step 5

Bake for 15 minutes, until the salmon is just pink.

Low Fat Lemongrass Prawns

Serves
2
Difficulty
Easy
Total Time
20 Minutes
Ingredients
200g of prawns
1 pak choi, quartered
4 spring onions, finely sliced
1 lime
1 lemon grass, sliced in half
1 red chilli, sliced
1 tbsp of fish sauce
70ml of soy sauce
Method
Step 1

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Place a large rectangle of foil or parchment, shiny side down on a baking tray.

Step 2

In a bowl, mix all of the ingredients. Season with salt, pepper and sesame oil. Place on the foil, then fold up to make a parcel.

Step 3

Steam for 10 minutes.

Step 4

Serve with rice.

Seabass, Fennel & White Wine

Serves
2
Difficulty
Easy
Total Time
30 Minutes
Ingredients
1 fennel bulb, sliced thinly
2 sea bass fillets
2 sprigs of thyme, stalks removed
2 endives, shredded
1 handful of pine nuts
1 large glass white wine
Fresh chives, finely chopped (for garnish)
Method
Step 1

Preheat the oven to 190°C. Lay two large rectangles of foil or parchment, shiny side down on a baking tray. Lay the sea bass fillets onto them. Place the endives alongside. Spoon over everything else, pouring the wine over last. Season generously.

Step 2

Seal up the parcels. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Rest for 5 minutes.

Hot Smoked Salmon & Spinach Rolls

Serves
3-4
Difficulty
Easy
Total Time
30 Minutes
Ingredients
½ a savoy cabbage
180g of sweet chilli hot smoked salmon
200g of ricotta
100g of baby spinach, wilted
1 onion, finely chopped
20g bag of dill, finely chopped
Salt and pepper
Method
Step 1

Preheat oven to 190°C. Simmer the savoy cabbage leaves for a few minutes, then drain. At the same time, sweat the finely chopped onion on a low heat. Add the baby spinach and wilt for a few minutes. Let the mix cool for a few minutes, then squeeze any excess water with your hands or using a sieve. Finely chop.

Step 2

Stir the spinach mix with the ricotta and dill. Season with plenty of black pepper and salt to your taste.

Step 3

Divide the mix into the middle of each leaf, until you’ve run out of filling.

Step 4

Roll up each side of the leaves and place them in a row, seam side down, on a baking tray. Bake for 15-20 minutes.

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