Baked Fish on Wild Rice

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This is a fantastic way to cook fish and the best thing about it is that you can use any fish variety. This recipe calls for baking, which guarantees a juicy dish with a lot of flavor for a midweek meal. Even if you are not fish people, yet you will really like this!

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lbs fish fillets
  • 2 cups wild rice (cooked)
  • 1 rock samphire
  • 8 dried tomatoes in oil
  •  Juice and zest of 1 lemon
  • 2 cloves of garlic
  •  Butter
  • Salt, freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

  1. Preheat oven to 390 °F (200° C).
  2. Chop garlic.
  3. Cut off samphire stems. Cut the rock into medium cubes.
  4. Melt butter in a pan and fry samphire with garlic. Sprinkle with salt and lemon juice. Fry for about 7 minutes stirring occasionally.
  5. Slice tomatoes into thin strips and sprinkle with lemon juice.
  6. Combine tomatoes, samphire and rice. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and lemon zest.
  7. Take 4 sheets of parchment. Put ¼ rice mixture into the center of each sheet and top with fish. Sprinkle with lemon juice, salt and pepper. Wrap each portion.
  8. Bake for 11–12 minutes and serve hot.