Halibut with Lemon-Butter Sauce

Recipe 35 - May 31, 2012

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Halibut with Lemon-Butter Sauce

This recipe comes from Food & Wine, September 2006

We made only the halibut with the lemon-butter sauce.  We paired it with a green salad instead of the mixed beans.  The beans would make a good compliment, maybe next time.  The taste was complex and had lots of layers.  Definitely will try it again.

Pan-Fried Flounder with Poblano-Corn Relish

Recipe 16 - February 14th, 2012

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Pan-Fried Flounder with Poblano-Corn Relish

This recipe comes from Food and Wine, October 2006

Chef: Brian Talley

This is a horrible picture of a really nice dish.  I found out that my local Safeway mis-labels Poblano peppers and luckily I decided to buy the one that looked most like a poblano and was lucky that it was mis-labled.  

I used cod instead of flounder because I can not find flounder here.  The serving sizes were just right and the cooking times were right on.  It is a really nice dish!

North African Fish Stew

Recipe 4 - January 16th, 2012

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North African Fish Stew
This recipe comes from Food and Wine, February 2012
Chef: Cat Cora

Today I had 90% of my mise en place prepared when I started cooking.  This is not something I'm very good at doing, but am working on.  It worked well and made the clean up super easy.  This recipe requires a moderate amount of chopping and preparation.  Cooking goes smoothly and the times recommended in the recipe work well.  I halved the recipe (the servings are large) and omitted the raisins.  The raisins would add a nice sweet contrast to the overall taste.  There are a lot of subtle flavors in the stew.

My favorite part of the recipe was discovering a new spice blend (I found it at the Savory Spice Shop, there are also recipes to make your own spice blend online) and the trick of adding spices to couscous before adding the water to add flavor.

It looks great and tasted really good!  I will add this to my recipe binder and make it again.