Best Pan Seared Arctic Char And Cultivated Mussels In A Smoked Tomato And Green Garlic Broth With Posole Recipes

Arctic Char in a Broth with Cabbage and Mushrooms image

Provided by Food Network

Time 1h10m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 cup chicken broth
1 ounce butter
1 small arctic char, 2/3 pound
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1 head green savoy cabbage
2 ounces wild mushrooms
2 pieces smoked bacon in large dice

Steps:

Clean the head of the cabbage by removing all the leaves and the hard stems on it. Blanch quickly in boiling water and refresh it in cold water. Clean the wild mushrooms. In a medium pot over low heat sweat the bacon and add the cabbage mix everything together until the cabbage gets very soft add the mushrooms sweat some more the add the chicken broth. Let simmer slowly until the cabbage is very soft. Add a little bit of butter and finish cooking everything. In a saute pan over high heat add oil, sear the char skin side down only. Cook the char until, medium rare .
Finish the cabbage with a little drop of balsamic vinegar. Place the cabbage on a platter and serve the char on top .
Serve very hot.

Mussels with Tomatoes, Herbs and Garlic (Moules Provençale) image

Provided by Denis Blais

Yield Serves 1-2

Number Of Ingredients 13

2 1/4 lbs mussels, cleaned
1/2 cup dry white wine
Provençale Sauce:
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 onions, chopped
1 celery stalk, chopped
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 teaspoon chopped fresh basil, plus extra to garnish
bouquet garni
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 lb. ripe plum tomatoes, peeled and chopped, or 1 14-oz can chopped tomatoes
salt and pepper
1 teaspoon sugar

Steps:

To make the sauce, heat the olive oil in a large saucepan, add the onions, celery, garlic, basil and bouquet garni, and cook over low heat for 5 minutes or until softened but not browned.
Mix in the tomato paste and tomatoes, salt, pepper, and sugar, and simmer gently for 30 minutes.
Put the mussels in a casserole dish with the wine, over high heat, and bring to a boil. Cook for a few minutes only, until the mussels have opened, stirring frequently to ensure they are evenly cooked.
Pour off the cooking liquid, discard any mussels that have not opened, and return the opened mussels, in their shells, to the casserole dish.
Pour the hot tomato sauce over the mussels and heat through. Sprinkle with chopped basil and serve at once.

Seared Soy-Sesame Arctic Char image

Provided by Martha Stewart

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon honey
1/4 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1 6-ounce piece of Arctic char
Coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, honey, and sesame oil. Season the fish with salt and pepper and brush with half of the sauce.
Heat a small cast-iron skillet over high heat. Sear the fish skin side up for 4 minutes. Pour the remaining sauce over the fish and swirl the sauce around the pan. Carefully turn the fish, spoon the sauce over the top, and cook for 3 more minutes, until the fish is just cooked through. Serve immediately.