Ode to the Northwest

8 ingredients
16 steps

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 4 ounces morels, cleaned and halved lengthwise (see page 64)
  • 1 cup shucked, blanched English peas
  • Kosher salt and freshly ground pepper
  • 2 tablespoons minced chives
  • 4 (4-ounce) halibut fillets
  • 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, plus more for drizzling
  • 4 Cincinnati radishes, shaved with a mandoline

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 400F.
  2. 2
    Heat the butter in a saute pan over medium heat and add the mushrooms.
  3. 3
    Saute the mushrooms until soft, 2 to 3 minutes, then add the peas.
  4. 4
    Toss to warm through.
  5. 5
    Season with salt and pepper and add the chives.
  6. 6
    Keep warm.
  7. 7
    Pat the fish fillets dry and season both sides with salt and pepper.
  8. 8
    In a large ovenproof saute pan over high heat, heat the olive oil until it just starts to smoke.
  9. 9
    Add the fillets and turn off the heat.
  10. 10
    Give the pan a wiggle to make sure there is oil under all of the fillets.
  11. 11
    Turn the heat back on to high.
  12. 12
    Sear until golden brown on one side, 3 to 4 minutes, turn the fish, and then transfer the pan to the oven.
  13. 13
    Roast for 3 to 4 minutes, or until barely cooked through.
  14. 14
    Put a mound of mushroom mixture in each of 4 warmed bowls.
  15. 15
    Top each with a halibut fillet and sprinkle the radishes over the top.
  16. 16
    Drizzle with olive oil and serve.

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