Macadamia Crusted Halibut With Mango And Scallion Garnish

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 3 lbs halibut fillets, cut thick
• 3 eggs
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/4 cup breadcrumbs
• 1/2 cup macadamia nuts
• 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
• 1 mango, peeled and removed from seed
• 8 tablespoons wine
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1/4 cup cream
• 1 lime, juice of
• 6 1/2 tablespoons light olive oil (for fish)
• 1 teaspoon black sesame seed, toasted
• sea salt
• 3 scallions (green part only)
• 1/4 cup olive oil (for scallions)
• 1 pinch sugar
• 1 pinch salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat the oven to 350°f
• 2 toast the macadamia nuts on a baking sheet until golden.
• 3 allow to cool completely.
• 4 in a food processor, add the cooled macadamia nuts and bread crumbs.
• 5 pulse until a crumbly mixture is formed.
• 6 pour crust mixture onto a plate & set aside.
• 7 cut the halibut into serving size pieces and season with salt.
• 8 in a shallow wide bowl, combine the eggs and water.
• 9 dredge the halibut pieces in the egg wash and then coat completely with the nut mixture.
• 10 in a non-stick pan, heat the oil. saute the fish until golden brown on both sides.
• 11 remove the fish from the heat and place on a baking sheet.
• 12 set aside.
• 13 in a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the mango, sugar and wine.
• 14 simmer until reduced by three quarters, then add the cream.
• 15 bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 16 let the mixture cool slightly.
• 17 in a blender, puree mango until smooth. strain the mango through a mesh sieve into a bowl.
• 18 add the lime juice and a dash of salt to taste.
• 19 set aside.
• 20 fill a bowl with ice and cold water.
• 21 blanch the green parts of the scallions in boiling salted water for 10 seconds.
• 22 transfer to ice water with slotted spoon to stop the cooking.
• 23 remove the scallions from the water and dry thoroughly on paper towels.
• 24 in a blender, puree the scallions with the olive oil, salt, and sugar until smooth.
• 25 pour the scallion mix through a fine sieve and into a squeeze bottle.
• 26 set aside.
• 27 to serve: preheat the oven to 350°f
• 28 place the black sesame seeds on a baking sheet and toast for approximately 5 minutes.
• 29 allow to cool completely.
• 30 place the baking sheet of halibut into the warm oven and heat for approximately 5 minutes.
• 31 spoon a fair amount of warm mango puree onto the plates.
• 32 place the halibut in the center of plate on top of the mango puree.
• 33 garnish with a drizzle of scallion oil and sprinkle the sesame seeds around the plate.
• 34 serve immediately.