Dentice al Cartoccio / Red snapper in foil

For a healthy and low-fat second course there is nothing better than cooking a nice fish in foil. For example, red snapper: lean but tasty fish, red snapper is excellent prepared in foil and seasoned only with lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil and aromatic herbs. Baking in foil allows you to keep the meat of the red snapper soft and collects the aromas without dispersing them. The poked snapper is prepared by cleaning the fish, browning capers, chilies and onion and baking the fish separately wrapped in aluminum foil. 

The baked red snapper with potatoes is an excellent second course of fish, cooked in the oven in a very healthy way, together with potatoes and cherry tomatoes. Easy to prepare, light and very tasty. A complete dish, it is prepared in a few minutes and left to cook slowly. The meat of the fish remains moist and soft, a recipe also suitable for those who want to pay attention to their line. Maybe you can replace the potatoes with vegetables of your liking...

Here are the steps for the red snapper in foil. 

Ingredients

4 servings

4 snappers of 300 g each.

320 g potatoes

240 g herbs

20 cherry tomatoes

2 Spring onions

capers to taste

chili to taste

extra virgin olive oil

salt

Procedure

For the recipe of red snapper in foil, peel the potatoes, cut them into slices, put them in a pan, cover flush with water, add 35 g of oil and cook until the water has dried. Peel the herbs and spread them over 4 aluminum foils; Place the potato on top and then the scaled and gutted snappers. Complete each sheet with a few slices of spring onion (only the light green part), 5 cherry tomatoes, capers, chili, 2 tablespoons of oil and salt. Close the four foils and bake at 190 ° C for about 20 minutes.

Recommendations

Baking in foil consists of wrapping cooked or raw food in a sheet of foil or silver paper. The foil swells in the hot oven and should be served hot.

Note

Don't like snapper? No problem, because you can safely prepare another type of fish, following the same procedure. The red snapper has no pink streaks or pink color. If they sell you a seabream for snapper it's a scam. The red snapper is much better!