Red Mullet in Envelopes

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Keith Floyd

Published 1985

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Ingredients

  • 8 red mullet, about 6 oz (175 g) each
  • 4 sprigs

Method

Wash, scale, gut (leaving the liver in) and dry the mullet and pop some fresh herbs into each one. Set the oven to gas mark 7/425°F/220°C.

Cut the greaseproof paper into rectangles large enough to envelop each fish. Oil each fish and place it in the centre of the paper. Add another sprig of herbs, salt and pepper and close the envelopes. Pop these fishy letters into the oven for about 1