Savoy Cabbage Rolls With Halibut Browned Butter And Capers Recipes

CAPERS AND HALIBUT

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the halibut steaks on all sides until nicely browned. Remove from pan, and set aside.
• Pour the wine into the pan, and use a spatula to scrape any browned bits from the bottom. Let the wine reduce to almost nothing, then stir in the garlic, butter and capers. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Let the sauce simmer for a minute to blend the flavors.
• Return the steaks to the pan, and coat them with sauce. Cook until fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve fish immediately with the sauce from the pan poured over it.

EASY SAVOY CABBAGE

Steps:

• Place savoy cabbage in a pot, cover with cold water, and bring to a boil. Cook for 1 minute, remove from heat, and drain. Rinse under cold water. Squeeze savoy cabbage as dry as possible with your hands.
• Melt butter in a pot and add savoy cabbage. Add cream and season with salt, pepper, and nutmeg. Cook until cabbage is soft and creamy, 2 to 4 minutes.

SAVOY CABBAGE ROLLS WITH HALIBUT, BROWNED BUTTER, AND CAPERS

Steps:

• • Bring large pot of salted water to boil. Fill large bowl with ice cubes and water; set aside. Add cabbage leaves to boiling water; cook 2 minutes. Using slotted skimmer or large slotted spoon, transfer leaves to bowl of ice water to cool. Drain. Gently pat dry. • Place 4 tablespoons butter in small bowl. Chop 2 tablespoons capers and mix into bowl with butter, then stir in parsley. Season caper butter to taste with coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper. • Place 1 cabbage leaf, vein side up, on work surface. Using small sharp knife, trim off some of thickest part of large center vein so that leaf will lie flat. Turn leaf over, vein side down. Place 1 fish fillet on bottom third of cabbage leaf. Sprinkle fish with coarse salt and pepper. Spread 1 tablespoon caper butter over fish. Fold bottom, then sides of leaf over fish. Fold tip of leaf over, enclosing fish completely. Place fish packet, seam side down, on rimmed baking sheet. Repeat with remaining cabbage leaves, fish, coarse salt, pepper, and caper butter. DO AHEAD Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover and chill. • Preheat oven to 350°F. Sprinkle fish packets with coarse salt and pepper. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish packets to skillet and cook until cabbage is light golden, about 2 minutes per side. Return fish packets, seam side down, to same baking sheet. Bake until fish is just opaque in center and firm to touch, about 7 minutes. • Transfer fish packets to platter; cover with foil to keep warm. Place baking sheet over 2 burners on medium heat; add remaining 3 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons capers to baking sheet and cook until butter is golden brown, stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons water to butter mixture and swirl to blend. Season sauce to taste with coarse salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over fish and serve.

GEORGE'S BANK HALIBUT WITH SAVOY CABBAGE, GARLIC CONFIT AND FINGERLING POTATOES IN LOBSTER CREAM

Steps:

• In a pot of boiling salted water, cook the potatoes until tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 10 to 15 minutes. When cooled, cut potatoes in 1/2 lengthwise and place aside. Cook the carrots in a pot of boiling salted water until barely tender, about 2 minutes, drain and set aside. Cook the cabbage in boiling salted water over high heat until barely tender, about 3 to 4 minutes, drain and shock in ice water. Using your hands, squeeze out all the excess moisture from the cabbage. In a medium saucepan, bring the chicken stock and the lobster cream to a boil over high heat. Add the potatoes, garlic confit, carrots and cabbage. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Gently stir in butter and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• In a 12-inch saute pan, heat the oil over medium high heat. Season the halibut on both sides with salt and pepper. Cook the halibut until golden, about 3 minutes. Turn and cook until the other side is golden, about 3 minutes more. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until the halibut is opaque in center, about 2 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the vegetables to a warm serving plate, arrange the halibut filets on top and spoon some of the extra sauce around the vegetables and fish. Garnish with chives.
• Steam the Lobster Body. Chop the shells into small pieces. Saute the diced vegetables and thyme in oil until the onions begin to brown. Add the broken lobster shells. Pour in the sherry to deglaze the pan. Simmer to reduce the volume by 1/2. Add the heavy cream and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and continue cooking until the volume is reduced by 1/3. Add the tomato paste and mix well. Add salt and white pepper, to taste. Strain the sauce into a small bowl through a fine sieve, using a spoon to press the mixture against the side to yield the most sauce.
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Place the garlic in a small baking dish and toss with oil, water, salt and pepper. Cover with aluminum foil and bake until garlic is tender, 25 to 30 minutes.

GEORGE'S BANK HALIBUT WITH SAVOY CABBAGE, GARLIC CONFIT AND FINGERLING POTATOES IN LOBSTER CREAM

Steps:

• In a pot of boiling salted water, cook the potatoes until tender when pierced with the tip of a knife, about 10 to 15 minutes. When cooled, cut potatoes in 1/2 engthwise and place aside. Cook the carrots in a pot of boiling salted water until barely tender, about 2 minutes, drain and set aside. Cook the cabbage in boiling salted water over high heat until barely tender, about 3 to 4 minutes, drain and shock in ice water. Using your hands, squeeze out all the excess moisture from the cabbage. In a medium saucepan, bring the chicken stock and the lobster cream to a boil over high heat. Add the potatoes, garlic confit, carrots and cabbage. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 10 minutes. Gently stir in butter and season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Assembly:
• In a 12-inch saute pan, heat the oil over medium high heat. Season the halibut on both sides with salt and pepper. Cook the halibut until golden, about 3 minutes. Turn and cook until the other side is golden, about 3 minutes more. Reduce the heat to medium and cook until the halibut is opaque in center, about 2 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer the vegetables to a warm serving plate, arrange the halibut filets on top and spoon some of the extra sauce around the vegetables and fish. Garnish with chives.
• Steam the Lobster Body. Chop the shells into small pieces. Saute the diced vegetables and thyme in oil until the onions begin to brown. Add the broken lobster shells. Pour in the sherry to deglaze the pan. Simmer to reduce the volume by 1/2. Add the heavy cream and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to medium and continue cooking until the volume is reduced by 1/3. Add the tomato paste and mix well. Add salt and white pepper, to taste. Strain the sauce into a small bowl through a fine sieve, using a spoon to press the mixture against the side to yield the most sauce.
• Coarse salt and freshly ground white pepper
• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.
• Place the garlic in a small baking dish and toss with oil, water, salt and pepper. Cover with aluminum foil and bake until garlic is tender, 25 to 30 minutes.

SAVOY CABBAGE ROLLS WITH HALIBUT, BROWNED BUTTER, AND CAPERS

Steps:

• Bring large pot of salted water to boil. Fill large bowl with ice cubes and water; set aside. Add cabbage leaves to boiling water; cook 2 minutes. Using slotted skimmer or large slotted spoon, transfer leaves to bowl of ice water to cool. Drain. Gently pat dry.
• Place 4 tablespoons butter in small bowl. Chop 2 tablespoons capers and mix into bowl with butter, then stir in parsley. Season caper butter to taste with coarse salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Place 1 cabbage leaf, vein side up, on work surface. Using small sharp knife, trim off some of thickest part of large center vein so that leaf will lie flat. Turn leaf over, vein side down. Place 1 fish fillet on bottom third of cabbage leaf. Sprinkle fish with coarse salt and pepper. Spread 1 tablespoon caper butter over fish. Fold bottom, then sides of leaf over fish. Fold tip of leaf over, enclosing fish completely. Place fish packet, seam side down, on rimmed baking sheet. Repeat with remaining cabbage leaves, fish, coarse salt, pepper, and caper butter. DO AHEAD: Can be made 8 hours ahead. Cover and chill.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Sprinkle fish packets with coarse salt and pepper. Melt 1 tablespoon butter in large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add fish packets to skillet and cook until cabbage is light golden, about 2 minutes per side. Return fish packets, seam side down, to same baking sheet. Bake until fish is just opaque in center and firm to touch, about 7 minutes.
• Transfer fish packets to platter; cover with foil to keep warm. Place baking sheet over 2 burners on medium heat; add remaining 3 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons capers to baking sheet and cook until butter is golden brown, stirring constantly, 1 to 2 minutes. Add 2 teaspoons water to butter mixture and swirl to blend. Season sauce to taste with coarse salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over fish and serve.