Crimini Shingled Mahi Mahi With Garlic Mashed Potatoes Recipes

GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add potatoes and boil until soft, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Drain potatoes and place in a large bowl.
• Add milk, butter, garlic, salt, and pepper to potatoes. Beat with an electric mixer or mash with a potato masher until potatoes reach the desired consistency.
• Transfer potatoes to a serving bowl and sprinkle with sesame seeds.

MAHIMAHI WITH CRISPY POTATOES

Steps:

• Oven to 425°. Spread 1 Tbsp olive oil over the surface of rimmed cookie sheet.
• Run the potatoes through a mandoline or slice by hand to get 1/4" thick slices. Toss potato slices with 2 Tbsp olive oil and minced garlic. Salt and pepper to taste. Arrange the potatoes into 4 piles on the cookie sheet. Bake until brown in spots and just tender, 30-35 minutes.
• Pat the mahimahi dry with paper towels and season with salt & pepper. Place 1 mahimahi fillet on top of each potato pile. Top with butter pieces, thyme sprigs and lemon slices on top. Return to oven and continue to bake until fish flakes when poked with knife, about 15 minutes.
• Place one potato & fish pile onto each plate and serve!

CRIMINI-SHINGLED MAHI MAHI WITH GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

Steps:

• TO ROAST TOMATOES:.
• Cut a cross into the top of tomatoes and blanch in boiling water for 5 seconds.
• Drop into ice water to stop cooking.
• Peel, quarter and seed tomatoes.
• In a saucepan, combine olive oil, fresh herbs, garlic cloves and tomatoes.
• Cover and slowly roast in a preheated oven at 200F for about 1 hour or until tender.
• Remove from oven; discard herbs.
• Reserve in separate bowls the garlic cloves, tomato petals and olive oil.
• TO MAKE MASHED POTATOES:.
• Boil peeled potatoes until fork tender in salted water.
• Strain and puree in a food mill or use mixer to whip.
• In the meantime, heat heavy cream and add 2 tbs. olive oil from the roasted tomatoes.
• With a fork, mash the roasted garlic (from above) and add potatoes and garlic into the hot cream.
• Stir with a wooden spoon until well incorporated.
• Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• TO COOK FISH:.
• Use very firm crimini mushrooms or button mushrooms only.
• Cut off stems; slice mushrooms as thinly as possible.
• Shingle slice mushrooms atop the fillet.
• Season with salt and pepper just before searing the fish.
• In a sauté pan, add olive oil and sear fish fillet with the mushroom side down for 2 to 3 minutes or until mushrooms are golden.
• Turn fish and finish cooking in preheated oven at 375 for about 5 to 7 minutes depending on thickness of fish.
• Serve fish atop bed of garlic mashed potatoes, with roasted tomato petals around plate.