Halibut Parcels in Lettuce
- 16 lettuce leaves, Cos lettuce is you can get it
- 300 g prawns, raw
- 8 spring onions
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika
- 8 (50 g) halibut, pieces
- 12 baby carrots
- 12 baby fennel
- 12 baby leeks
- 12 shallots
- 500 ml chicken stock
- 150 ml white wine
- 1 tablespoon cornflour
- 3 eggs, separated
- 2 lemons, juice of
- salt
- pepper
- Wilt the lettuce leaves in boiling water, and refresh them in cold water.
- This will make them more manageable.
- Shell and devein the prawns and mince or chop them finely.
- Chop the spring onions finely, and mix with the prawns.
- Spread the mixture on to the lettuce leaves and place a bit of halibut on the top of each.
- Dust them with paprika, then put in more prawn and roll up into neat parcels.
- If necessary, use two leaves per parcel to make them water-tight.
- Peel and trim if necessary, and then put the baby carrots, fennels, leeks and shallots into the bottom of a large pot and add chicken stock and wine inches Bring to boil and simmer for 20 minutes.
- Carefully place the fish parcels on top of the vegetables and cook with the lid on for another 8-10 minutes - but no more - depending on the thickness of your parcels.
- Gently tip all the liquid from the pot into another pan to finish the sauce, holding back the vegetables and fish with the lid.
- Shake the cornflour in a little bit of cold water and whisk into the liquid.
- Simmer until thickened, then turn off the heat.
- Whisk the egg whites in a bowl until thye peak, fold in the yolks.
- Pour the warm stock into the egg mixture, stirring with a whisk.
- Put bowl over a saucepan of boiling water and gradually whisk in the lemon juice.
- Continue to whisk until the sauce thickens like a custard.
- Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
- Return the sauce to the pot of fish and parcels and vegetables, leave for 5 minutes for the flavours to mingle.
prawns, onions, sweet paprika, carrots, baby fennel, leeks, shallots, white wine, cornflour, eggs, lemons, salt, pepper
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/halibut-parcels-in-lettuce-138948 (may not work)