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Fish Fillets Stuffed with Lemon Recipe

Serves/Makes: 6

Ingredients:

• 2 pounds (1 kg) fresh or frozen thawed fish fillets
• 2 tablespoons (30 mL) butter
• 1/4 cup (60 mL) chopped onion
• 1/2 cup (125 mL) chopped celery
• 2 cups (500 mL) stale bread dices
• 1 tablespoon (15 mL) freshly chopped parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon (2.5 mL) grated lemon rind
• 1 tablespoon (15 mL) lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon (15 mL) melted butter
• Paprika
• Salt and pepper, to taste

How to cook:

• Into a fry pan, melt butter.
• Soften together chopped onion and celery into melted butter.
• Mix in bread dices, chopped parsley, grated lemon rind and lemon juice.
• Salt and pepper.
• Stir delicately.
• Arrange half of fish fillets side-by-side over the bottom of a greased, oven-proof dish.
• Evenly top with bread dices mixture.
• Cover with remaining fish fillets.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Sprinkle with paprika.
• Cover and bake into a preheated 450°F (230°C) oven, 10 to 12 minutes per inch (2.5 cm) of fish thickness.
• 5 minutes before the end of cooking time, uncover dish.
• Meanwhile, prepare lemony chive sauce.
• Serve, along with lemony chive sauce.

Lemony Chive Sauce Ingredients:

• 1/3 cup (80 mL) melted butter
• 2 tablespoons (30 mL) finely minced chives
• 1 tablespoon (15 mL) lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon (5 mL) grated lemon rind
• Salt and pepper, to taste

Lemony Chive Sauce Preparation:

• Mix and heat together melted butter, minced chives, lemon juice and grated lemon rind, until hot.
• Salt and pepper, to taste.

Note:

These fish fillets, served with an acidulous sauce that enhances their flavor; as they are sprinkled paprika, these fillets will be of a pinkish colour.

This recipe for Fish Fillets Stuffed with Lemon serves/makes: 6

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Main Ingredient: Various Fish
Preparation Method: Baked

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