Cod in Grape Leaves with Lemon, Olives and Dill
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Points®
Total time: 45 min • Prep: 27 min • Cook: 18 min • Serves: 4 • Difficulty: Easy
This dish is typically cooked in olive oil, often up to 1/2 cup! Here, lemon slices tucked into the grape leaf packets provide moisture and flavour without excess calories, and a little bit of oil finishes the dish.


Ingredients
Olive oil cooking spray
2 spray(s)
Lemon
1 medium
Canned grape leaf(ves)
24 leaf/leaves
Uncooked Atlantic cod
16 oz
Kosher salt
½ tsp(s)
Black pepper
¼ tsp(s)
Fresh dill
½ cup(s)
Small canned black ripe olives
5⅓ tbsp(s)
Olive oil
1 tsp(s)
Romaine lettuce
4 cup(s)
Fresh dill
⅓ cup(s)
Crumbled feta cheese
2 tbsp(s)
Fresh lemon juice
1½ tbsp(s)
Extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp(s)
Kosher salt
⅛ tsp(s)
Black pepper
1 pinch(es)
Dried oregano
1 pinch(es)
Instructions
1
Preheat oven to 400ºF with rack in middle of oven. Coat a 9- X 13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
2
Cut lemon into 8 very thin slices; remove and discard seeds. Rinse and drain grape leaves.
3
Overlap 6 grape leaves on a large cutting board to form a roughly 8 x 8-inch square (leaves should be damp but not dripping with water; don't leave gaps between leaves.)
4
Place two lemon slices in center of each leaf square, slightly overlapping. Season a piece cod all over with heaping 1/8 tsp salt and generous pinch pepper; place on top of lemons. Sprinkle cod with 2 Tbsp dill and heaping Tbsp olives. Fold bottom of leaf square over fish and then fold in sides like an envelope to enclose fish; fold top of leaves over fish, forming a packet.
5
Place wrapped fish in prepared baking dish, seam side down; repeat with remaining fish ingredients to make four packets. Bake fish until opaque and cooked through, 16-18 minutes for 1 3/4-inch-thick fillets.
6
To make salad, while fish is cooking, toss romaine with feta and dill in a medium bowl; set aside. Combine lemon juice, oil, salt, pepper and oregano in cup; set aside.
7
Invert cooked fish packets onto serving plates; open carefully (packets will be steamy!); drizzle each piece of fish with 1/4 tsp oil and lemon juice, and season to taste, if desired. (Grape leaves used in this recipe are not meant to be eaten). Toss salad with dressing; serve with fish.
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Serving size: 4 oz fish and 1 c salad
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