Halibut with Lemon Sauce
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Martha Stewart Living, May 1999
- Yield Serves 4
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Ingredients
- Zest of 3 lemons
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1/3 cup plus 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
- 4 halibut fillets or other firm white fish (8 ounces each)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 tablespoons butter, cut into thirds
Directions
- In a small bowl, combine the lemon zest, sugar, salt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and dill. Place fillets in a shallow, nonreactive container. Cover with lemon-dill marinade, and refrigerate 3 hours.
- Remove fish from container; set marinade aside. Heat a large saute pan coated with olive oil. Saute fillets until golden and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Remove from heat; transfer fillets to a platter. Cover with aluminum foil to keep warm.
- Turn heat to high; add reserved marinade. When it bubbles and browns, add remaining lemon juice. Cook 1 minute. Reduce heat to low. Add butter, swirling pan to melt. Remove pan from heat. Pour sauce over fillets, and serve.
My second change that I did with this recipe is that I did not add any salt to the marinade. I don't think salt should be added to fish before cooking as salt naturally dries meat. I like to keep my fish moist and flavorful, therefor any salt is added after and at no time before.
Trying out this recipe tonight for dinner. I will be following all the directions almost exactly as written however with two minor changes. Instead of the 3 hours marination time for the halibut I am doing 30 minutes. That is only because from what I've researched and experienced when cooking fish is that you should only marinade the fish for a maximum of 30 minutes - but hey I don't own my own website or have my own cooking show or maybe halibut is just different then other fish...
really delicious! this sauce is so flavorful i was able to con my fish-hating husband into eating a bit!