Halibut Fillets With Creamy Saffron Sauce Recipes

HALIBUT FILLETS WITH CREAMY SAFFRON SAUCE RECIPE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk the yogurt together with salt, pepper, jalapeno pepper, and shallot.
• Rub the saffron between your fingers to crush it, then stir it into the yogurt mixture.
• Let it sit for about 20 minutes (or covered and refrigerated for up to 2 hours).
• Sprinkle the halibut with salt, black pepper, and cayenne.
• Add the butter to a nonstick skillet large enough to hold the halibut and set the heat to medium.
• When the butter melts, add the fish and cook gently, turning once or twice for 10 minutes, until a thin-bladed knife meets little resistance when inserted into the thickest part.
• Just before serving, add the juice, taste, and adjust the seasoning.
• Serve the fish hot, warm, or at room temperature, with the sauce spooned over it. Enjoy!

HALIBUT FILLETS WITH CREAMY SAFFRON SAUCE

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk yogurt together with salt, pepper, Aleppo pepper or cayenne, and shallot. Rub saffron between your fingers to crush it, then stir it into yogurt mixture. Let sit for about 20 minutes (or covered and refrigerated for up to 2 hours). Just before serving, add juice, taste, and adjust seasoning.
• Sprinkle halibut with salt and Aleppo pepper or cayenne. Put butter in nonstick skillet large enough to hold halibut, and turn heat to medium. When the butter melts, add fish, and cook gently, turning once or twice, until a thin bladed knife meets little resistance when inserted into the thickest part, generally less than 10 minutes.
• Serve fish hot, warm, or at room temperature, with the sauce spooned over it.

HALIBUT WITH CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Place butter and onion on a double thickness of heavy-duty foil (about 34 in. x 18 in.). Cut fish into serving-size pieces, removing and discarding the bones. Place over the onion., In a bowl, combine the mayonnaise, sour cream and seasonings. Set aside 1/2 cup for serving. Spoon the remaining sauce over fish. Sprinkle with bread crumbs and Parmesan cheese. Fold foil around fish and seal tightly. Grill, covered, over indirect medium heat for 15-20 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

HALIBUT WITH SAFFRON VANILLA CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Wash the halibut and wrap in paper towels to dry thoroughly.
• Place cream and saffron in a small saucepan and heat on medium-low.
• Cut vanilla bean down the middle (lengthwise) and remove beans (the little black things) by sliding a butter knife down the length of the pod. Place beans AND pod into cream.
• Simmer cream for 20-30 minutes, stirring occasionally, until reduced to a thick cream sauce. If you do not want overpowering vanilla flavor, remove the vanilla pod after 10 minutes.
• Melt butter together with olive oil over med-high heat in a non stick pan.
• Sear halibut (cooking approximately 2-3 minutes on each side) until cooked. . .watch for the side of the fish to turn white (instead of translucent) and that's when it's done.
• Place two pieces of fish on each plate (propping one piece on the other) and drizzle a fair amount of sauce on and around the fish.