Hake parcels with vegetables

Name: Hake parcels with vegetables (Croustillants de merlu et julienne de légumes)
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 37 min
Yield: Serves: 4
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 2 carrots, 2 leeks, 1 celeriac, and 2 parsnips, each cut into fine julienne; 40 g (1½ oz) butter; 1 tsp ground cumin; 4 tsp Dijon mustard; 2 tbsp olive oil; 4 x 200 g (7 oz) hake fillets; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 sheets filo pastry

Croustillants de merlu et julienne de légumes

Preparation info

Serves:
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

New Bistro

By Fran Warde

Published 2009

About

The sautéed, buttered vegetables in this dish go so well with this lean, almost fat-free fish. Wrapping them in filo pastry with the hake and then baking the pastry parcels in the oven locks in all the delicious flavours.

Ingredients

4 x 200 g (7 oz) hake fillets
40 g (1½

Europe
France
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas 6. Place the hake on a couple of sheets of absorbent kitchen paper, place some more sheets on top and pat with your hands. This removes any excess moisture and helps keep the pastry parcels crispy.

Melt the butter in a large pan, add the vege