Fish Sticks and Tartar Sauce

My son received the Williams-Sonoma Cooking Together cookbook as his end of third grade gift last week.  I told him that he could prepare something for this week's dinner.  He decided on Homemade Fish Sticks and Tartar Sauce.

I wish our second camera was better than it is because I would have liked to get a picture of the finished product (our primary camera was not available).  You'll have to trust me until we make it again that it looked fabulous and tasted good too.  We all agreed that the Tartar Sauce was the best that we have ever tasted, so no more purchases of that.  It is homemade from now on!

Here are the two recipes.  ENJOY!!

Frozen Filo Dough - 4 sheets, thawed
Butter - 5 tablespoons
Halibut or Cod fillets - 1/2 pound, cut into 8 equal pieces
Mayonnaise - 1/2 cup
Celery - 1/4 stalk, minced
Pickle Relish - 2 tablespoons
Lemon Juice - 1 tablespoon
Salt - 1/4 teaspoon

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.  Line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper.

Lay 1 filo sheet on a clean work surface (we put parchment paper on the counter and worked on top of that).  Brush lightly with a little melted butter.  Fold the filo in half lengthwise, and then cut in half crosswise.  Cover the 2 filo pieces with a damp paper towel (so they do not stick together).  Repeat with the remaining filo sheets.

Working with 1 filo piece at a time, place it with a short end facing you, and brush it lightly with butter.  Put a piece of fish on the bottom third of the filo, positioning it parallel to the bottom edge.  Fold in the long sides and then roll up the filo to enclose the fish.  Brush the seam lightly with butter to secure.  Repeat to make all 8 packets total.

Arrange the fish sticks, seam side down, on the prepared baking sheet.

Bake until golden brown, 15-20 minutes (we actually cooked it 27 minutes).

Meanwhile, make the tartar sauce.  In a bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, celery, relish, lemon juice, and salt.  Serve the tartar sauce alongside the fish sticks.