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OIL-POACHED HALIBUT WITH FENNEL, TOMATOES, AND MASHED POTATOES



Oil-Poached Halibut With Fennel, Tomatoes, and Mashed Potatoes image

Poaching in olive oil gives fish a buttery texture. We flavor the oil with fennel, cherry tomatoes, and olives and use some of the poaching oil to finish the mashed potatoes that the fish and vegetables are served over.

Provided by Martha Stewart

Categories     Food & Cooking     Ingredients     Seafood Recipes

Time 55m

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 1/4 pounds skin-on halibut fillet, cut into 4 pieces (5 ounces each)
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Extra-virgin olive oil, for poaching
2 pounds russet potatoes (3 medium), peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
1 head fennel, bulb cored and cut into 1/2-inch-thick wedges, fronds reserved for serving
1 1/2 cups cherry tomatoes (8 ounces)
1 cup pitted mixed olives
4 small rosemary sprigs
3/4 cup whole milk, warmed

Steps:

  • Generously season fish with salt. Coat the bottom of a 3-to-4-quart saucepan or small pot with oil, then nestle fish pieces in, skin-sides down. Add just enough oil to fully submerge fish (about1 cup); attach a deep-fry thermometer to pan. Heat over medium until oil reaches 150 degrees. Reduce heat to low to maintain temperature (remove pan from heat briefly if it climbs above 150 degrees). Cook until fish turns opaque and is just cooked through, 8 to 12 minutes, depending on thickness. Remove with a fish spatula or slotted spoon, allowing excess oil to drip back into pot; transfer to a plate, skin-sides up, and loosely.cover with foil to keep warm.
  • While the fish is cooking; in a small pot, combine potatoes, 1 tablespoon salt, and enough water to submerge potatoes by about 2 inches. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium; simmer potatoes until tender and easily pierced with the tip of a knife., 10-12 minutes. Drain; press potatoes through a ricer back into pot (or, for a chunkier potatoes, use a potato masher). Cover to keep warm.
  • Add fennel wedges, tomatoes, olives, and rosemary to pan, adding more oil to fully submerge ifnecessary. Increase heat to medium-high and cook until oil temperature reaches 210 degrees. Reduce heat to medium-low to maintain temperature and continue cooking until fennel is tender and easily pierced with the tip of a knife, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove vegetable mixture with a slotted spoon,reserving oil for potatoes.
  • Add milk and 1/4 cup reserved oil to potatoes, stirring until smooth. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and more oil. Remove skin from fish and serve over potatoes, with vegetable mixture and a drizzle of poaching oil.

HALIBUT POACHED IN OLIVE OIL



Halibut Poached in Olive Oil image

Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 15m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 skinned fillets of halibut (1/4 pound/125 g each)
About 1 1/2 cups/375 ml olive oil
Zest of 1 orange
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed
2 fresh thyme sprigs
1 clove garlic
Freshly ground black pepper
Fleur de sel, for garnish

Steps:

  • Heat the oven to 250 degrees F/120 degrees C.
  • Lay the fish fillets in a baking dish just large enough to hold them. Pour over enough oil to cover. Add the orange zest, fennel seed, thyme sprigs, garlic and some pepper. Bake until just tender, about 10 minutes. Remove the fish from the oil. Garnish with the fleur de sel. Serve with a little of the cooking oil dribbled over.

MARIO BATALI'S OVEN-POACHED HALIBUT IN OLIVE OIL



Mario Batali's Oven-Poached Halibut in Olive Oil image

I finally took the plunge and tried this odd recipe. It was the most delicious fish I've ever tasted, moist and silky texture. It is NOT oily tasting at all, and you can even eat the lemon slices. Yum! Next I'll try it with salmon. Poaching fish in oil may seem like an unusual cooking method, but it's actually a little like confit, the traditional preparation in which meat is cooked in its own fat. The idea comes from a guest television talk show appearance by Mario Batali, the chef of New York City's Babbo, and the technique he demonstrated is adapted here for home use. The fish fillets stay extremely moist, but without any taste of oil, and the layers of lemon slices, which lose their tartness when heated with the oil and salt, infuse the dish with wonderful citrus notes. Another bonus: the oil doesn't pick up any fish flavor (believe it or not) - it tastes lemony and slightly salty - and only a small amount is served with the dish, so the rest can be used again in a vinaigrette, or added to mashed potatoes, or saved for cooking. This recipe takes only about 15 minutes to prepare for cooking - but then the slow poaching method adds an hour or more to the total time from start to finish.

Provided by hoosfoos

Categories     Halibut

Time 1h45m

Yield 4-6 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 1/2 lbs halibut fillets (each 1 inch thick)
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
1/4 cup capers, rinsed (preferably packed in salt)
1 1/2 large lemons, thinly sliced
3 tablespoons loosely packed fresh flat leaf parsley
2 cups extra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoon loosely packed fresh flat leaf parsley

Steps:

  • Put a rack in the middle of the oven, and preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
  • Pat the fish fillets dry, then sprinkle them with salt and pepper. Allow the seasoned fish to stand at room temperature for 10 minutes. Chop half of the capers.
  • Arrange half of the lemon slices in one layer in an 8-inch square glass baking dish. Arrange the fish fillets in one layer over the lemon slices. Top with all of the capers, the remaining lemon slices, and the 3 tablespoons of parsley, then pour the oil over the composed fish.
  • Bake, covered, until the fish just flakes and is cooked throughout - 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Serve the fish with some of the lemon slices, capers, and oil spooned over. Sprinkle with parsley leaves.
  • COOK'S NOTE:
  • To reuse the leftover olive oil, strain it through a paper towel-lined sieve and allow it to cool to room temperature. It will keep, covered and refrigerated, for up to 1 week.
  • Recipe adapted from: the website of The Jane Pauley Show (on which the technique was demonstrated).

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