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Fish filo parcels

  • Hands-on time: 10 mins
  • Time to make: 35 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 150g reduced-fat ricotta
  • ½ teaspoon crushed garlic
  • 2 teaspoons coriander paste
  • 6 sheets filo pastry
  • 4 x 150g fish steaks such as kahawai or tarakihi
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • olive spray oil
  • 4 cups mixed salad greens
  • 2 x 110g packs flavoured couscous (we used Ainsley Harriott Moroccan medley)
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 190°C or to a high setting. Mix ricotta together with garlic and paste.

    2 Take 3 sheets of pastry and cut into 2 even squares, keeping layers together. Place a piece of fish in the centre of each square. Top with flavoured ricotta. Season with pepper. Repeat process with remaining filo pastry and fish.

    3 Fold pastry in to enclose fish and form a parcel. Spray with oil and cook for about 25 minutes until pastry is golden.

    4 Meanwhile, prepare couscous following packet directions.

    5 Serve parcels with a mixed salad and flavoured couscous.

    Variations

    Make your own flavoured couscous by mixing your favourite spice mix into plain couscous. Here's a spice mix that works well in this recipe:

    1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
    1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
    1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
    1 teaspoon cayenne pepper
    1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper

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