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Oven-baked halibut with apple butter sauce

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Cooking time30-40 min
Difficulty levelEasy
Rating4/5

Ingredients

2kghalibut fillet, with skin
1pcsbroccoli
1packcelery
150gsugar snap peas
salt and pepper

Apple butter sauce

1pcsshallot
6dlapple juice
1dldouble cream
250gbutter, unsalted
salt
lemon juice
tabasco
1pcsapple, green

Serve with

potato

Preparation

Method 

  • Preheat the oven to 175°C. 

  • Dry the halibut with a paper towel, sprinkle with salt and pepper and place in a greased ovenproof dish. 

  • Push a meat thermometer into the thickest part of the fish and place it in the centre of the oven until the fish has a core temperature of 49°C. 

  • Allow the halibut to rest on the kitchen worktop for about 5 minutes. The temperature will rise a few more degrees, but should not exceed 55°C. 

  • Cut the broccoli, celery stalks and mangetout into small pieces and boil in salted water until they have some bite at the core, about 3 minutes. 

Apple butter sauce 

  • Cut the shallot into pieces. 
  • Boil the shallot and apple juice until the liquid is reduced by half. 
  • Strain into a new saucepan, add the whipping/double cream and bring to a boil. 
  • Add the butter and flavour with salt, lemon juice and Tabasco sauce. 
  • Finely chop the apple and add to the sauce just before serving. 
  • Serve the oven-baked halibut with vegetables, apple butter sauce and potatoes.