Citrus And Smoked Salmon Striped Roast Halibut Recipes

CITRUS AND SMOKED SALMON STRIPED ROAST HALIBUT

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 deg F.
• Using a fine grater, grate the lime, lemon, and 1/2 the orange, being careful not to grate any white rind (it's really bitter).
• Heat butter in small skillet over medium heat.
• Add citrus peel, garlic, and sweat for 1 minute.
• Add maple syrup, cook for another minute.
• Add juices of lime& lemon, and allow to cool in refrigerator for 8-10 minutes, or until mixture thickens.
• Arrange halibut portions on parchment paper, or on oiled aluminum foil.
• Spread citrus mixture over top of each portion, then cover with evenly spaced smoked salmon'stripes'.
• Top sparingly with cilantro, cover, and roast in oven for 15-20 minutes, depending on thickness of fish (15 minutes per inch thickness), or until flakes easily with fork.
• Note, I like to roast salted& oiled zucchini quarters with the fish (it takes about the same amount of time), and serve with boiled new potatoes& steamed green beans.

PAN-SEARED HALIBUT WITH CITRUS SALSA

Steps:

• Using a paring knife, remove the peel and white pith from the orange and tangerine. Working over a large bowl, carefully cut between the membranes to release the citrus segments, allowing them to fall into the bowl along with any juices. Add the avocado, onions, cilantro and lime zest and juice to the bowl with the citrus. Gently toss to mix. Season the salsa with salt and pepper.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Sprinkle the halibut liberally with salt and pepper. Add the halibut to the skillet and cook until golden brown and cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer the halibut to serving plates, top with salsa and serve.

GRILLED CITRUS SALMON

Steps:

• Combine the first seven ingredients in a jar with a tight-fitting lid; shake well. Grill salmon over medium heat, skin side down, for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Baste every 5 minutes with citrus mixture. Garnish with orange or lemon slices if desired.

HERB-CRUSTED HALIBUT

Steps:

• Lightly rinse the halibut steaks and pat dry with paper towels.
• Place each steak between two sheets of plastic wrap and flatten to about 1/2-inch thick.
• Dip each steak into the beaten egg white, then into the breadcrumbs.
• Set aside.
• Lightly coat a cast iron skillet or a heavy nonstick skillet with cooking spray.
• Place over high heat and add the halibut steaks.
• Cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side, turning once, until golden brown and fish flakes easily when prodded with a fork.
• Remove halibut steaks; keep warm.
• Heat olive oil in a heavy saucepan; add shallot and sauté for 4 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Stir in the wine and lemon juice.
• Cook over medium-high heat until sauce is reduced by half.
• Add the chicken broth, capers, parsley, and cornstarch mixture.
• Bring sauce to a boil.
• Arrange halibut steaks on heated serving plates.
• Tap each with some of the sauce.

ROASTED HALIBUT WITH LEMONS, OLIVES AND ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Heat oven to 450 degrees. Place fish in a baking dish, brush fillets with 1 teaspoon of oil and season with salt and chile pepper. Top each fillet with a rosemary branch and several slices of lemon. Drizzle remaining oil over lemon slices and sprinkle with additional salt. Scatter olives over fish and pan.
• Bake until just opaque, about 10 minutes. If lemon slices have not browned or singed (this will depend on how thinly you slice them), place pan under broiler for 1 to 2 minutes. Serve drizzled with more olive oil; sprinkle with more salt and chili, if desired.

GRILLED SALMON OR HALIBUT

Steps:

• Rinse fish and pat dry. In a bowl, whisk together lemon juice and olive oil; pour into a zip lock bag. Add fish to bag, seal and turn to coat evenly. Chill 30 minutes.
• Meanwhiule, cut 4 pieces of heavy foil, each slightly larger than the fish. Rub ONE side of each piece with oil. Arrange foil, oiled-side up on a large baking sheet.
• Start grill and prepare for indirect-heat cooking.
• Drain marinade from bag and discard. Place each piece of fish on a piece of foil (for salmon, place skin side down). Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Transfer fish, on foil, to grill. Cover or close lid. Cook fish until opaque but still moist looking in center, about 20 minutes.
• With spatula, transfer fish to plates. Serve with lemon wedges.

HOW TO COOK HALIBUT

Steps:

• For any kind of cooking of non-oily fish, a rule of thumb is ten minutes per inch of thickness in a hot oven (this means 400 degrees or more). When you lower the temperature, things get interesting and sauces have more time to interact with the flesh. By lowering the temperature to 325 or so, this increases the cooking time to 1 1/2 hours.
• Baking: Put the fish in a baking dish, cover about 2/3 with milk, a small pat of butter on each piece, and bake for 1 1/2 hour at 350 degrees. Rinse fillets, dip them in flour, coat them in an egg mixture (I use the yolks and whites), roll in bread crumbs, and bake. You can also do this but instead of baking, put in a medium hot frying pan with a tablespoon of oil.
• Broiling: Small dab of butter and squeeze some lemon on each piece. Broil about 7 to 10 minutes, turning once.
• Barbeque: Coat fish with olive oil; put on a medium hot grill, turn once; done in about 8 minutes. Dab of butter and squeeze of lemon, turn after 4 minutes and dab and squeeze side two.
• Frying: Cut fillet into small portions rinse and drain; dredge in flour dip into egg mixture (beaten whites and yolks). Shake in a paper bag with cracker crumbs; fry in hot pan with 1/8 inch of vegetable oil. Fish cooks quickly, about 3-4 minutes per side, done when brown and flakes.
• Appetizer: Wrap 3/4 inch pieces of halibut with bacon, hold tight with a toothpick, cook them in the broiler, turning once.

ROAST HALIBUT WITH SMOKED TOMATO VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Special equipment:.
• Hickory wood chips (about 2 handfuls), for smoking.
• To make the vinaigrette:.
• Prepare a wok smoker by laying 2 layers of foil in the bottom of a wok. Add in 2 handfuls of the hickory wood chips, and set the smoker over high heat. Pour in the water. Wash, quarter, and seed the tomatoes. Pop them into a bamboo steamer.
• Arrange the tarragon and shallots around the tomatoes. Place the steamer onto your smoking wok and cover with lid or foil, and let the ingredients smoke for 20 minutes.
• Transfer the tomato-shallot mixture to a big pitcher, and blend with an immersion blender or use a regular blender. Gradually, add the olive oil in a thin stream, as you are blending to achieve a nice consistency. Season with a pinch of salt and some freshly cracked black pepper.
• To make the halibut:.
• Preheat an oven to 375 degrees F. Liberally sprinkle your halibut fillets with coarse salt and fresh cracked black pepper.
• Add just enough oil to coat the bottom of a pan, and set it over fairly high heat.
• Add the halibut fillets to the hot pan, skin side down. Once the first side has browned nicely, about 3 to 4 minutes, flip them over and continue cooking for another 3 minutes. Then, slide the pan into the oven for about 5 minutes to finish cooking. The finished halibut should be firm to the touch and snowy white in color, but since it is a lean fish, it will dry out if overcooked.
• Ladle a pool of the vinaigrette into the bottom of a deep plate, top with a piece of halibut and a few baby greens, if using. Alternatively, you could use arugula tossed with sliced shallots, as a garnish.