Red Snapper Papillotes with Lemon and Thyme
- 2 sheets 12-inch-wide heavy-duty foil (each about 15 inches long)
- two 6-ounce red snapper fillets, pin bones removed
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- freshly ground black pepper
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 1/2 teaspoon chopped fresh thyme leaves
- 6 very thin lemon slices (about 1/16 inch thick)
- Accompaniment if desired: Vegetable Couscous with Black Olives
- Preheat oven to 500F.
- and heat a baking sheet in lower third of oven 5 minutes.
- Fold each sheet of foil in half crosswise to crease, and then unfold.
- On a plate coat red snapper fillets with oil and sprinkle with pepper and salt to taste.
- On each sheet of foil put 1 fillet to one side of crease and sprinkle with 2 teaspoon lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon thyme, and half of any oil remaining on plate.
- Top each fillet with 3 lemon slices.
- Working with 1 foil package (papillote) at a time, fold left half of foil over fillet.
- Starting at 1 corner of crease, fold edge of foil over in triangles, following a semicircular oath around fillet (each fold should overlap previous one), smoothing out folds as you go and tucking last ford under, until papillote is completely sealed.
- Put papillotes on hot baking sheet and bake in middle of oven 5 minutes.
- Serve papillotes with couscous.
foil, red snapper, extravirgin olive oil, freshly ground black pepper, lemon juice, thyme, lemon, black olives
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/red-snapper-papillotes-with-lemon-and-thyme-14293 (may not work)