POTATO-WRAPPED HALIBUT
POTATO-WRAPPED HALIBUT
POTATO-WRAPPED HALIBUT

Ingredients
  • 200g/7oz clarified butter
  • plus extra for baking
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 3 potatoes
  • peeled
  • sliced into rectangles
  • 4 x 150g/5¼oz halibut fillets
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • ½ onion
  • chopped
  • 250g/9oz cauliflower
  • cut into florets
  • 2 tsp curry powder
  • 75ml/2¾fl oz white wine
  • 200ml/7fl oz double cream
  • 2 tbsp capers
  • drained
Directions
  • Heat the butter and oil in a frying pan and fry the potato slices for 4-5 minutes
  • or until softened
  • but not browned.
  • Remove from the pan and set aside to drain on kitchen paper.
  • Lay the potato slices
  • in four piles
  • on a work surface
  • overlapping slightly. Place the halibut fillets onto the potato slices. Wrap the potato slices around the halibut fillets to from parcels. Transfer to a baking tray and leave to chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Meanwhile
  • for the cauliflower purée
  • heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion for 4-5 minutes
  • or until softened. Add the cauliflower florets and cook for 7-8 minutes
  • then add the curry powder and cook for a further minute.
  • Pour in the wine and continue to cook until the volume of the liquid has reduced by half.
  • Add the cream and cook for five minutes
  • leave to cool slightly and then purée the mixture with a hand-held blender until smooth.
  • Fold in the capers then season
  • to taste
  • with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
  • Brush the potato-wrapped halibut with a little more butter. Heat a frying pan until hot and fry for 3-4 minutes on each side
  • or until cooked through. Remove from the pan and set aside to drain on kitchen paper.
  • Serve the potato-wrapped parcels on the cauliflower purée.