Fish en Papillote is fish in parchment paper. It is a style of cooking fish. The fish is encased in a parchment parcel along with herbs and or vegetables and cooked in the oven. Think of it as another way of steaming the fish. With this method of cooking – fish in parchment – the fish remains moist, tender and is intensely flavoured with the ingredients in which they were encased.
Another way to think of fish en papillote is fish that is wrapped and cooked in banana leaves; it is the same principle. The fish and accompanying
