It’s going to be a short and sweet French Fridays with Dorie this week! When I saw this recipe (Baby Bok Choy, Sugar Snaps and Garlic en Papillote, p 348) coming up, I was happy to be working with some bright spring-like greens but I immediately knew that I just wouldn’t be cooking those “en papillote”. I am a fan of the method (“en papillote” simply means “in parchment” and means you place the food into a pouch or parcel of parchment or foil then bake in the oven) for certain foods but for vegetables I find it steams them – and sometimes a little too long since you can’t check in on them – and I thought that would be a shame with such lovely bright spring veggies.
I changed the veggie combo up a little, using shallots instead of baby onions, snow peas instead of sugar snaps and I added fresh English peas from our organic box delivery. I also used lemon zest as well as orange. The I roasted these in the oven for about 20 minutes. There was a *tiny* bit of caramelization and the veggies didn’t go too soggy. So no, I didn’t really follow the recipe but I kinda sorta did. I loved the combo of the zest and the mint and I’ll remember that in future!
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I looked for English peas too as I thought they would match well but didn’t find them. En Papillote or not these look great Mardi.
What a gorgeous presentation, Mardi! So glad you enjoyed!
Your spring vegetables look delicious.
This is such a simple and delicious side to anything, isn’t it?
I love roasting things in paper.
Thanks, Mardi.
Happy Easter!
The spring vegetables were so welcome this week! You don’t usually go rogue, Mardi. I haven’t yet checked what Cher did this week but it seems you might be the wild one this week! I liked the papillote, though reading your post, a tiny bit caramelized sounds very appealing.
Love your selection of vegetables, stunning colors. And really, they do not need to be baked longer than 5 mins papillote way!
Looks lovely. I used lemon zest instead of orange zest entirely and also skipped the en papillote part. Both of us seem to be channeling Cher this week and I don’t regret it one bit!
This one was good. Glad you enjoyed it.
Looks awesome! Definitely a must-try!
Very nice – and um, this week I followed the rules (mostly) and you went rogue 🙂 It’s more about the spirit of the recipe, right? XO
Your veggies look delicious, so happy you enjoyed!
Love your mix-up on the veggies!
I love your combination of vegetables and I thought the mint and zest were inspired too.
This look really good Mardi — what a great way to welcome Spring!
It looks so fresh and healthy Mardi, I think I will have to feed on this for the next few weeks to balance of the weight I put from all the chocolate and roasted lamb of the past few days! Have a lovely week!
Tasty side, and did make me think of spring…and a bottle of Muscat.
Yeah, you kinda didn’t. But, you did end up with a great result. Although I did “follow the rules” – I hate that about me – I over-steamed my veggies and they were a bit limp. I felt guilty for doing that to them. Love the peas. Roasting vegetables is my favorite technique these days.