Apricot Glazed Halibut With Cranberry Chutney And Roasted Red Potato Sofrito Recipes

APRICOT-GLAZED HALIBUT

Steps:

• Set the oven to broil. Grease a broiler pan. Place the fish in a single layer on the broiler pan. Broil 4 inches from the heat for 4 minutes then carefully turn the fish over. Broil for 4 minutes longer or until the fish flakes easily. While the fish is cooking, combine the apricot preserves, vinegar, and parsley or tarragon. When the fish has cooked, spoon the apricot mixture over the top. Serve immediately. To grill the fish, cover and grill 5-6 inches over medium heat for 10 to 20 minutes, turning once, or until the fish flakes easily. Top with the apricot mixture before serving.

HALIBUT WITH BALSAMIC GLAZE

Steps:

• Whisk the vinegar, honey, oil, and garlic in a bowl. Arrange halibuts in an 8-inch square baking dish. Pour marinade over the fish, coating it completely. Cover and refrigerate at least 30 minutes and up to 4 hours.
• Preheat the broiler. Line the bottom and sides of a baking sheet with foil. Spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray. Remove fish from marinade, reserving marinade, and arrange the fillets atop the baking sheet. Pour the marinade into a heavy small saucepan. Broil the fillets until they are just cooked through and caramelized on top, about 12 minutes.
• Meanwhile bring the marinade to a boil and simmer until it thickens slightly and becomes syrupy, whisking often, about 15 minutes. Spoon off any excess oil from the sauce, if desired.
• Transfer the fillets to plates. Spoon the sauce over and around the fillets, and serve.

APRICOT GLAZED HALIBUT WITH CRANBERRY CHUTNEY AND ROASTED RED POTATO SOFRITO

Steps:

• Directions: -first start by making the chutney, in a sauce pot add the cranberries, wine, and sugar. Bring to a simmer and add the shallots, cranberry juice and again bring to a simmer and add the cornstarch, season to taste and bring to a boil, let reduce by ¼ and cool. For the halibut add the apricots and orange juice into a sauce pot, bring to a boil and add to food processor, pulse 6 times. Remove and hold. Season the halibut and sear to a golden brown on one side turn over and glaze with the apricot mixture. Place into 275 degree oven for 3 to 5 min. for the sofrito render the bacon and deglace the pan with the red wine, add the potatoes and sear to a golden brown, add onions, carrots, celery and saute for 3 to 5 min. and add the chicken stock and fresh herbs and saute for an additional 3 min. season to taste. Remove the halibut and glaze one last time. Place the sofrito in the center of the plate and place halibut on top, finish with a quenelle of the cranberry chutney.

CRANBERRY CHUTNEY I

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan combine the water and sugar. Bring mixture to a boil over medium heat. Add the cranberries, apples, cider vinegar, raisins and spices. Bring to a boil, then simmer gently for 10 minutes stirring often.
• Pour mixture into a mixing bowl. Place plastic wrap directly on the surface of the sauce. Cool to room temperature and serve or cover and refrigerate. Bring chutney to room temperature before serving.

APRICOT CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Mix together all the ingredients in a large saucepan.
• Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour, uncovered, or until juice has thickened.
• Pour into warm sterilized jars and seal.
• May be eaten immediately but the flavour improves after a few days.

APRICOT/CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• In a medium bowl, mix together the apricots, cranberries, raisins, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and cloves.
• In a medium saucepan, boil water and sugar, stirring constantly, until sugar is dissolved. Add the dried fruit mixture and vinegar. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat, and allow to cool for 5 minutes. Serve immediately, or refrigerate in a covered container.

SPICED APRICOT CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Halve and stone the apricots, then chop them into small pieces. Peel and coarsely chop the onions, ginger and apples, and put in a food processor. Roughly chop the chillies and add to the food processor along with the seeds. Blitz until finely chopped, then tip into a large pan and add the spices, salt and vinegar. Bring to the boil, then turn down and simmer for 10 mins, stirring occasionally.
• Add the apricots and return to the boil. Simmer for a further 10 mins until the apricots are starting to soften, then tip in the sugar and stir until dissolved. Increase the heat and boil for 15-20 mins, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is thick and leaves a brief trail when a wooden spoon is dragged across the base of the pan.
• Pot into warm clean jars and label. Store for up to a year in a cool dry place.

APRICOT CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
• Slice the top off the half head of garlic with a sharp knife, exposing the cloves. Discard the top. Place the head of garlic on a piece of aluminum foil, drizzle with 1/4 teaspoon of olive oil, and wrap the foil around the garlic. Roast in the preheated oven until golden brown, 30 to 40 minutes.
• While garlic is roasting, place the onion and 1 tablespoon of olive oil into a saucepan over medium heat and cook and stir until the onion is browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in the apricot preserves, vinegar, ginger, cayenne pepper, and salt until thoroughly combined.
• Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of their skins, and mash them in a bowl with a spoon. Mix the garlic into the chutney; bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat and simmer until thickened, about 25 minutes, stirring occasionally. Stir carefully because any splashes of chutney will be burning hot.
• Pack the chutney into sterilized jars and process to seal.

HALIBUT WITH APRICOT-ROSEMARY GLAZE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place fish in a lightly sprayed (with cooking oil) shallow baking dish and set aside.
• In a small saucepan over medium-low heat stir together apricot preserves, garlic, orange peel, rosemary, salt and pepper until heated.
• Pour mixture over the fish and bake for 15 minutes or until the fish flakes with a fork.

APRICOT GLAZED HAM WITH CRANBERRY CHUTNEY

Steps:

• Combine the apricots, orange zest, sugar, water, and honey in a sauce pan. Bring to a boil then lower to a simmer for 5 minutes until it's a nice thick glaze. Remove from the heat and add the vanilla paste, cardamon, allspice, coriander and sage.
• Glaze ham with half of the apricot mixture and bake at 350. Baste frequently, until the ham is heated through.about 45 minutes.
• While the ham is baking, in the saucepan with the remaining apricot mixture, add the cranberries and red wine. Simmer until the mixture is thick.
• Serve the ham with the cranberry chutney.