Crimini-shingled Mahi Mahi With Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 6 plum tomatoes
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 7 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 sprig fresh basil
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 1 1/4 lbs russet potatoes, peeled
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper (to season)
• 4 (7 ounce) mahi mahi fillets
• 8 cremini mushrooms
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Recipe

• 1 to roast tomatoes:.
• 2 cut a cross into the top of tomatoes and blanch in boiling water for 5 seconds.
• 3 drop into ice water to stop cooking.
• 4 peel, quarter and seed tomatoes.
• 5 in a saucepan, combine olive oil, fresh herbs, garlic cloves and tomatoes.
• 6 cover and slowly roast in a preheated oven at 200f for about 1 hour or until tender.
• 7 remove from oven; discard herbs.
• 8 reserve in separate bowls the garlic cloves, tomato petals and olive oil.
• 9 to make mashed potatoes:.
• 10 boil peeled potatoes until fork tender in salted water.
• 11 strain and puree in a food mill or use mixer to whip.
• 12 in the meantime, heat heavy cream and add 2 tbs. olive oil from the roasted tomatoes.
• 13 with a fork, mash the roasted garlic (from above) and add potatoes and garlic into the hot cream.
• 14 stir with a wooden spoon until well incorporated.
• 15 season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• 16 to cook fish:.
• 17 use very firm crimini mushrooms or button mushrooms only.
• 18 cut off stems; slice mushrooms as thinly as possible.
• 19 shingle slice mushrooms atop the fillet.
• 20 season with salt and pepper just before searing the fish.
• 21 in a sauté pan, add olive oil and sear fish fillet with the mushroom side down for 2 to 3 minutes or until mushrooms are golden.
• 22 turn fish and finish cooking in preheated oven at 375 for about 5 to 7 minutes depending on thickness of fish.
• 23 serve fish atop bed of garlic mashed potatoes, with roasted tomato petals around plate.