Creamy Tilapia With Puff Pastry

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 tilapia fillets
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 cup stock
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1 teaspoon italian spices
• 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch
• 1/4 cup water
• salt and pepper
• 1 cup half-and-half or 1 cup heavy cream
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 sheets puff pastry

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 heat oil in large frying pan over high heat.
• 3 lightly brown the fillets, 2 or 3 minutes per side. you want some of the fish to stick to the bottom. or cook and extra fillet and chop it up into the pan.
• 4 remove the fillets from the oil and place in the bottom of a 15 x baking dish.
• 5 drain the oil from the frying pan, careful not to lose bits of fish left behind.
• 6 add the stock to deglaze the pan. add spices into the frying pan and bring to boil.
• 7 mix corn starch in 1/4 cup water. add to frying pan to thicken.
• 8 stir as sauce thicken. after 1 minute add half and half.
• 9 cover the fish with the sauce.
• 10 sprinkle the walnuts over the sauce.
• 11 unfold both sheets of pastry. lay one sheet over the dish.
• 12 cut the second sheet to cover the remaining of the dish over lap slightly.
• 13 cut the remaining pastry into interesting shapes and put them on top of the pasty in the dish.
• 14 bake until the crust is puffy, lightly brown and sauce is boiling.
• 15 serve with wild rice. about 30 to 45 minutes.
• 16 you can add more fillets without increasing sauce. could use up to 10 small fillets.