Salmon with Lemon in Paper

Preheat the oven to 200 degrees Celsius. I serve the salmon with rice, which I now always make in a steamer. Since rice takes longer to cook, I prepare it first: I put a few tablespoons of rice in the steamer, pour water over it, ensure that the rice is submerged in water, and cook it for 20 minutes.

To start, take parchment paper and cut a fairly large sheet in the shape of the salmon. I already have a piece of salmon purchased specifically for one serving. You can cut a larger fish into portions, in which case you will need a separate sheet of paper for each piece. The sheet should easily wrap around the piece of fish and ideally leave some empty space. Place the piece of salmon in the middle of the parchment paper, drizzle with a thin stream of olive oil.

Cut the lemon in half and slice a thin round piece of lemon for each portion of salmon. Squeeze a little bit of juice from the remaining halves directly onto the fish, about one or two tablespoons will be enough. Sprinkle the fish with a few sprinkles of dried dill. If you prefer to use fresh dill, you can either place it whole and remove it before serving, or finely chop it and add just a couple of pinches. I also sprinkle a few peppercorns on top of the fish. Now place our prepared lemon slice on top.

Wrap each portion of fish in paper to make it airtight: that's why we need a large sheet, so it's easier to roll the paper into a bundle. Ideally, no steam should escape from the bundle. If there is no baking paper, you can use foil, but there is a lot of talk about the harm of foil for food, so it's better to wrap the fish in baking paper first and then, if you want to be sure of the airtightness, in foil. Put the fish packets in a hot oven for 15 minutes - that's enough. After 15 minutes, remove the portions, carefully unwrap the paper - it will release hot steam, and serve with rice. The fish turns out to be very tender and doesn't even need any sauce. Using the same recipe, I make both white fish and red fish. If you decide to cook in a steamer, you don't need to wrap the fish in paper, just use it as a base. Enjoy your meal!