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.

