Salmon Potato Parcels Recipes

SALMON - POTATO PARCELS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 355°F.
• Cut 4 x 30 cms squares of non stick baking paper.
• Lay potato on centre of each.
• Top with broccolini and salmon.
• Combine butter, rind, chives, salt and pepper in a bowl and spread onto salmon fillets.
• Fold paper up to form sealed parcels.
• Place, seam side up on a baking tray.
• Bake 20 minutes, rest parcels 5 minutes before opening.

SUPER SALMON PARCELS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/gas 6. Fill and boil the kettle.
• Place a frying pan over a medium heat and toast the pine nuts for 2 to 3 minutes, or until very lightly golden - keep them moving so they don't burn. Tip into a bowl and set aside.
• Pick the basil leaves, discarding the stalks, and pound in a pestle and mortar. If you don't have a pestle and mortar, very finely chop.
• Peel the garlic and add to the mortar with a pinch of sea salt and the toasted pine nuts - keep pounding until you have a green paste. Alternatively, very finely chop it all together on a large board, then place into a bowl.
• Squeeze in the juice from half a lemon and finely grate in the Parmesan.
• Add 1 to 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and muddle together - you need just enough oil to bind the pesto and get it to an oozy consistency.
• Trim the stalk-ends from the beans and cook in boiling salted water for 2 minutes, then drain.
• Fold just over half a metre of tin foil in half so you have a double layer.
• Place half the hot green beans in the middle of the foil.
• Lay a salmon fillet on top, skin-side down, and spoon over 1 tablespoon of the basil pesto.
• Drizzle with 1 teaspoon of olive oil, a squeeze of lemon juice and season with sea salt and black pepper.
• Pull the foil edges together and scrunch them up to seal the parcel.
• Repeat steps 8 to 12 to make the remaining parcel, then place them onto a baking tray.
• Bake in the hot oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the salmon is cooked through and the beans are tender.
• While the salmon is cooking, refill and boil the kettle. Cut any larger potatoes in half, place in a small pan, just cover with boiling salted water and cook for 15 minutes, or until tender. Drain and return to the pan to keep warm until ready to serve up.
• When the time's up on the salmon, remove the tray from the oven and leave to stand for 1 minute.
• Carefully open each parcel (mind out for the steam!) and cut into each salmon fillet to check they're cooked, then slide onto the plate and serve with the cooked potatoes.
• Cut the remaining lemon into wedges and serve on the side for squeezing over.

EASY SALMON AND POTATO FOIL PACKETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400F/200°C To a 12-inch long sheet of foil (I use Reynold's Heavy Duty Non-Stick), add half the potato slices in a pile in the center of foil. Slightly fan out the potatoes so air can circulate. Make sure potatoes are sliced very thin so they cook through in the same amount of time it takes the salmon to cook.
• Evenly drizzle the potatoes with about 1 tablespoon of olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and repeat process with another sheet of foil and the remaining potato slices.
• Top each pile of potatoes with 1 salmon filet.
• Evenly drizzle each salmon filet with about 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Squeeze half the juice of the orange over one salmon filet and half the juice over the other filet.
• Squeeze half the juice of the lemon over one salmon filet and half the juice over the other filet.
• Season each salmon filet with salt and pepper.
• Seal foil packets, making sure to tightly crimp the seams so the olive oil and citrus juices don't leak. Place packets on baking sheet and bake for about 25 to 30 minutes. Carefully open one packet to check for doneness of both salmon and potatoes and if necessary, return to the oven for an additional 5 minutes, or until done.

SALMON AND VEGETABLE PARCELS RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 190°C/375°F/gas 5. Cut each potato in half lengthways. Cut each half in half lengthways and repeat until you have 8 equal sized potato wedges.
• Simmer the potato wedges for 5 minutes in just enough water to cover them. Drain.
• Meanwhile prepare the chosen vegetables. Make sure they are clean, scrape or peel where appropriate and cut into even pieces.
• Lay the foil squares on the work surface and lightly brush with a little vegetable oil.
• Place equal amounts of vegetables and potatoes in the centre of each foil square and top with the fish. (If preferred use cod or haddock).
• Drizzle 1tsp of oil over the top of each pile of fish and vegetables, season with salt and pepper.
• Bring the four corners of each square up to the middle and scrunch together to form a parcel.
• Place the 4 parcels on a backing sheet and cook for 25 mins. Be careful when opening the parcels as some steam may escape.