HALIBUT WRAPPED IN PROSCIUTTO

HALIBUT WRAPPED IN PROSCIUTTO image

Categories Fish

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 tablespoons butter
4 small leeks, white part only, halved and thinly sliced
S&P
4 Granny Smith apples, peeled, cored, and thinly sliced
1/4 cup heavy cream
1-3/4 pounds halibut fillet, at least an inch thick, cut into four equal pieces
8 slices prosciutto
1 tablespoon EVOO

Steps:

In a skillet, melt butter. Add leeks, salt, and pepper and cover over medium-low heat for 10 minutes, stirring often, until leeks are tender. Stir in apples, cover pan, and continue cooking, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes or until apple is tender. Pout cream into pan at the edges. Stir well and take off heat. Set the oven to 350 degrees. Sprinkle halibut with S&P and wrap 2 slices of prosciutto around each piece. Secure with toothpicks at sides, or tie with string. Add oil to ovenproof skillet. When hot, add fish and sear for about 2 minutes on one side. Turn when it releases easily from bottom. Transfer skillet to oven and cook fish for 10 minutes or until it springs back when pressed gently with fingertip. Stir apple mixture over medium-high heat until hot and cream is absorbed. Divide apple mixture among 4 plates and top with fish.