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Halibut Printanier w/ Asparagus & Green Bean Salad

From Brix Restaurant Chef Bernard Gayraud

Serves 4

Ingredients:

  • 4 halibut filets (50 oz. each)
  • 1 T. flour
  • 1 T. canola oil
  • 1/3 c. white wine
  • 16 asparagus spears
  • 8 oz. French beans
  • 2 oz. cherry tomatoes
  • 1 T. pesto
  • 2 T. extra virgin olive oil


Directions:

  1. In a boiling salted water, cook asparagus then beans according to your degree of tenderness. Set aside.
  2. Cut the tomatoes in halves. Set them aside.
  3. In a sauté pan, pour canola oil, set the fire at medium high.
  4. Season halibut filet with salt and pepper, dredge them in flour; place them in pan and cook them 3 minutes on each side. When cooked, degaze the fish with wine and keep warm.
  5. Meanwhile, prepare the salad by mining the asparagus, French beans and tomatoes. Whisk the pesto in the olive oil. Drizzle half of the oil mixture into the salad; correct seasoning with salt and pepper.
  6. Place the salad on the plate, put the halibut on top and drizzles some pesto oil on the fish.
  7. Serve and enjoy dish with a bottle of crisp and fruity white wine such as viognier or Sancerre.


Brix Restaurant
Bernard Gayraud, Chef
Cheshire, CT 06410
203-272-3584





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