Sear-roasted Halibut With Blood Orange Salsa
From lacrenshaw 15 years ago
- 17 minutes to make
- Serves 4
From Fine Cooking (February/March 2009) via The Bitten Word, this wonderful dish is prepared on the stovetop and finished in the oven. Just the salsa sounds wonderful on its own!
Ingredients
- SALSA: shopping list
- 3/4 cup fresh navel OR Valencia orange juice, 2 medium oranges shopping list
- 3 small blood oranges, cut in segments, segments cut in half shopping list
- 2 tablespoons red onion, minced shopping list
- 1 tablespoon cilantro, chopped shopping list
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- 1 tablespoon navel OR Valencia orange zest, from 2 medium oranges shopping list
- kosher salt and freshly ground pepper shopping list
- HALIBUT: shopping list
- 1 teaspoon navel OR Valencia orange zest, from 1 small orange shopping list
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme, chopped shopping list
- kosher salt and freshly ground pepper shopping list
- 4 (6 ounce) skinless halibut fillets shopping list
- 3 tablespoons olive oil shopping list
How to make it
- Position rack in center of oven and heat oven to 425 degrees F..
- SALSA:
- In small saucepan boil orange juice over medium heat until reduced to 1/4 cup, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Let cool.
- In medium bowl combine the reduced orange juice, blood orange segments, onion, cilantro, olive oil and orange zest.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.
- HALIBUT:
- In small bowl mix the zest, thyme, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
- Rub mixture all over halibut fillets.
- Heat oil in a 12" ovenproof skillet over medium high heat.
- When oil is shimmering hot arrange fillets in pan.
- Sear for about 2 minutes without moving.
- Then use a thin slotted metal spatula to lift fish and check the color.
- When the fillets are nicely browned, flip them and place the pan in the oven.
- Roast until the halibut is just cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes.
- Remove pan from oven and transfer halibut to serving plates.
- Spoon salsa over each fillet.
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