Chef’s Tip: Wait to season your fish until you are ready to sear. If you let salt sit on fish, it will pull out moisture.
Ingredients
1 Ib halibut, cut into 4-oz portions
Salt and pepper, to taste
Drizzle of grape-seed oil
Drizzle of olive oil
1 pint cherry tomatoes
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 cup white wine
1 cup chicken or vegetable broth
1/2 cup kalamata olives, pitted and halved
3 oz marinated artichokes
Zest of 1/2 lemon
Directions
Preheat a sauté pan over medium-high heat. Season fish with salt and pepper. When the pan is hot, add a drizzle of grape-seed oil. Sear fish until golden brown, about 3-4 minutes each side.
Remove the fish and place a foiled roasting tray.
Wipe out the sauté pan with a paper towel and place it over medium heat. Add a drizzle of olive oil. Once hot, add whole cherry tomatoes and sauté until they begin to blister, about 3-4 minutes.
Add garlic to tomatoes and sauté for 20 seconds. Deglaze (a flashy term for "add liquid") the pan with wine and broth; bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer 3-4 minutes.
Preheat oven to 400. Cook fish for 5-6 minutes, or until firm.
While fish is cooking, finish the sauce. Add olives, artichokes, and lemon zest to the pan with the tomatoes; cook for 5 minutes.
Once the fish is cooked, remove from oven and let sit for 3-4 minutes. If any juice comes out, add it to the sauce.
Set fish on a plate and spoon sauce over it. If desired, serve fish on a bed of wilted spinach.
