fish again! hooray! and within a week of the snapper. double hooray! i am so very thrilled and delighted to be making fish! an overreaction you say? perhaps. but i’ll be making up for the under abundance of fish eating that had been happening over here - so brace yourselves because you’re going to be seeing some heavy duty fish cooking going on. i mean, what was i thinking? gimme fish over chicken breasts ANY day. so now you know. me and fish. we’re a team. i just kinda forgot about fish and now i am making up for lost time.
i defrosted my halibut fillet and began taking stock of what was lying about on my kitchen counter. garlic, a lemon, a chili pepper, some olive oil – and a cippolini onion? sounded good to me. cause grilled onions work on everything. i would even bet you anything that they’re totally amazing on a peanut butter sandwich. with bacon. wow. i gotta do that one…
so then i grabbed the capers from the fridge and proceeded to do the minimum. i crushed (yes crushed not minced but crushed) garlic in some olive oil, then i minced up the ’mild but a little bit hot’ pepper, added a squeeze of lemon and some capers – no heat. i pan fried the fish in olive oil til crispy, removed the fish. threw the onions into the pan. and voila. this was so fast and easy and well – just plain silly good.
the greens got drizzled with a balsamic reduction. period.
i opted for no salt due to a très chic mid-week wedding that i’ll be attending in south georgia on wednesday. if you have to ask what the correlation is between that and no salt, then i’m thinking you wouldn’t understand. but really, with those ingredients sitting atop that fillet, i didn’t even miss it.
ok. maybe just a very little.
but barely…
15 responses so far ↓
1 Dan // Dec 11, 2007 at 10:08 am
Oooooooo. I want that. I need to stop by the monger soon and develop a relationship that involves me getting big slabs of fish and giving him reasonable portions of my paycheck.
How could you miss the salt with the little caper-y goodies?
2 Mary Coleman // Dec 11, 2007 at 10:26 am
I am too hungry to read these things this morning. This looks so so good. Halibut is my favorite fish!
3 TaratheFoodie // Dec 11, 2007 at 10:59 am
Wow, that looks really good and what a healthy dinner! I LOVE capers – love ‘em.
Here’s a suggestion… have you ever tried fish tacos? If you have a bunch of fish laying around, maybe give that a try. They’re SO good.
4 pee dubya // Dec 11, 2007 at 11:51 am
Tht feesh looks deelicious. Claudia you are a constant inspiration to me. A Muse even.
Apropos of Salt – have you tried pink salt from the Himalyas? Its actually from Pakistan and cleverly markted by the French but it is the best salt I have ever tried. I daresay you can’t use too much.
pww
5 melissa // Dec 11, 2007 at 2:45 pm
YUM. like I said on the snapper post, I NEED to get better at cooking fish. I attempted it again last night on a swordfish steak, with fairly good results. but I need more practice. mmmm halibut.
6 annie // Dec 11, 2007 at 3:32 pm
I would not be allowed to eat that chez moi unless I happened to be dining alone, but if I were alone, I would eat it with great, fork-licking relish. I will file this away under “things to eat when they are gone” in my recipe file.
7 Maggie // Dec 11, 2007 at 5:35 pm
I adore halibut – it’s my favorite fish ever. And this dish is just yummy. I plan to replicate it soon! Thank you!
8 Heidi // Dec 12, 2007 at 12:12 am
I love love love that olive oil. The first time I tasted it was actually in Amsterdam, but now I know where to find it here in SF. -h
9 fluffernutter // Dec 12, 2007 at 8:46 am
Your new camera and shooting skills are knocking my socks off! Good enough to eat, and that’s really saying something.
10 yveala // Dec 12, 2007 at 6:54 pm
awww…never enough fish..looks delish
11 yveala // Dec 12, 2007 at 7:00 pm
forgot to mention, have you ever heard of Pike Place Fish Market – Seattle? great fish and you never have to leave your house (which isn’t always a good thing)
12 claudia // Dec 13, 2007 at 8:00 pm
hi Heidi – that truly is hands down my #1 fave olive oil
it is so buttery – perfect
I am not a fan of the Tuscan grassy thing
I tried it from zingerman’s
and whole foods carries it here – thank god!
thanks for stopping by ceF
I hope you win blog of the year
you so deserve it – really really
13 claudia // Dec 13, 2007 at 8:06 pm
dan – exactly – the cabers, etc threw off enough flavor that salt was not a big issue here
mary – it’s a great fish i agree. firm and meaty!
tara – i love fish tacos. love love love the fish taco… i might make some tomorrow. thank you!
pw – i have like 8 salts in the house right now i swear… i think one of them is red salt – but no pink. maybe if i mix the red and white together? haha
melissa- start with tilapia – you almost can’t overcook it….
annie – how do you do it??? you’re such a great sport… i tell ya…
maggie – i think you’ll be quite pleased
fluff – i’m trying, girlie… thank you! still have a lot to learn
yveala – i am looking in to pike place right away!
14 FireDog // Dec 16, 2007 at 3:56 pm
***What a beautiful combination of colors, textures and tastes ***
15 newscoma // Dec 21, 2007 at 6:23 am
Beautiful. Better than cream cheese messes at my kitchen.
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