Wild Alaska Halibut Marsala
Ingredients
Yield: 4
Ingredients:
- 4- 6 ounce Alaska halibut filets
- 1/4 cup seasoned flour, divided
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 4 tbsp butter
- 2 cups mushrooms
- 4 tbsp shallots, finely chopped
- 2 tsp garlic, sliced
- 1/2 tsp fresh thyme leaves (save the stems)
- 25 grams Marsala wine
- 2 cups fish stock
- 3 tbsp creme fraiche
- 1 tsp flat leaf parsley, coarsely chopped
- 1 garlic clove, crushed
- 2 cups Bloomsdale spinach
- Flake salt, to taste
- Black pepper, ground coarse, to taste
Seasoned flour
- 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp Kosher salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
Directions
- Season each halibut filet with salt and pepper on both sides then lightly dust each piece in the seasoned flour.
- Place a sauté pan over medium-high heat and add in 3 tablespoons olive oil.
- Place the fish in the pan skin side up and sear until golden brown, about 4 minutes.
- While the halibut is cooking, place a separate pan over medium-high heat, add 2 tablespoons of butter, mushrooms, shallots, garlic slices, and thyme leaves. Cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Flip the fish, then add 2 tablespoons butter and the thyme stems, and sear 4 minutes until golden brown.
- Baste the fish with the butter in the pan for the last minute of cooking.
- While the fish is cooking, add the marsala to the mushrooms to deglaze the pan, allow the liquid to reduce by ¾ then add the fish stock and creme fraiche to emulsify into a sauce. Add the parsley.
- In a separate sauté pan over medium-high heat, drizzle 1 tablespoon olive oil and add crushed garlic, wait 30 seconds, then add the spinach. Quickly turn the spinach in the oil and then turn off the heat.
- Place the spinach on the center of the plate and top with the halibut, spoon the mushrooms and sauce over the fish and then serve.