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Halibut w/ Honey-Soused Vegetables & Avocado Purée

Eric Snaith
4.92 from 46 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Course Entree
Cuisine British
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients
 
 

HALIBUT

  • 125 grams halibut fillets x4
  • 1 dash rapeseed oil
  • 1 knob butter
  • maldon salt

VEGETABLES

  • 8 baby turnips ½ cm of green left on
  • 8 round radishes
  • 8 small cauliflower florets same size as radishes
  • 1 medium red onion quartered into 'petals'
  • 1 carrot sliced into buttons (2 mm thick)

MARINADE

  • 300 grams white wine vinegar
  • 500 milliliters water
  • 250 grams local honey
  • 1/2 lemon juice only
  • 1 pinch salt

AVOCADO

  • 150 grams mayonnaise Hellman's or similar
  • 150 grams crème fraiche
  • 40 grams lime juice
  • 2 avocados peeled and stone removed
  • 10 grams wasabi paste
  • salt to taste

GARNISH

  • 8 leaves sorre washed
  • 1 golden beetroot very thinly sliced
  • 1 candied beetroot very thinly sliced

Instructions
 

Vegetables

  • Combine all marinade ingredients and bring to the boil, add all vegetables and take off the heat, allow them to cool in the liquid.

Avocado

  • Combine and purée all of the ingredients in a blender, mix until it is smooth, pass this through a fine mesh sieve, season with salt to taste.

Halibut

  • Pre heat the oven to 200 Celsius (392 Fahrenheit)
  • Heat a non-stick frying pan until hot, add a little rapeseed oil and place the halibut in the pan, skin side up and turn down to a low to medium heat, leave the halibut until it is golden brown underneath, then turn onto a baking tray, skin side down.
  • Season it with Maldon salt and put a small knob of butter on top of it, cook it in oven for 1-2 minutes, when you are able to peel the skin easily off, the Halibut is perfectly cooked.

To Serve

  • Bring the vegetables up to the boil, smear avocado on the base of the plate, add the sorrel leaves, then place the warm vegetables on the plate and top with the halibut, finish with slices of raw beetroot.

Notes

HALIBUT, HONEY SOUSED VEGETABLES, AVOCADO PURÉE, SORREL
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