Halibut with Citrus Beurre Blanc Sous Vide
Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS
- 4 (6 ounce/180 gram) halibut fillets
- 2 tablespoons (1 fl oz/ 30 ml) citrus infused olive oil or 2 tablespoons cold butter (1 oz/ 28 g), cubed
- 8 thin slices of assorted citrues (grapefruit, lime, lemon, orange)
- Sea salt
INSTRUCTIONS
- Fill and preheat the SousVide Supreme to 132F/ 55.5C.
- Season both sides of the halibut fillets with sea salt.
- Put the fillets into a small (1 quart/0.9 liter) cooking pouch, place the citrus slices on each side of the fillet. Make sure to leave some room in between each fillet, 2-3 per cooking pouch.
- Drizzle in the citrus olive oil or toss in the butter and vacuum seal.
- Submerge the pouches in the water bath and cook for 20 minutes.
- Remove from the SousVide Supreme and serve immediately with your favorite sauce.
Here are two of our favorites:
Citrus Beurre Blanc
Yields: 1 cup (8 fl oz/237 ml)
INGREDIENTS
- 2 tablespoons (1 fl oz/30 ml) dry white wine
- 1 tablespoon (0.5 fl oz/15 ml) fresh grapefruit juice
- 1 tablespoon (0.5 fl oz/15 ml) fresh lime juice
- 1 tablespoon (0.5 fl oz/15 ml) fresh lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon (0.5 fl oz/15 ml) fresh orange juice
- 1 small shallot, finely minced
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- 8 ounces (226 g) cold butter, cut into 16 cubes
INSTRUCTIONS
- In a medium saucepan bring wine, citrus juices and shallots to a boil. Reduce to about 1 ½ tablespoons (0.8 fl oz/23 ml) of liquid.
- Reduce the heat to the lowest setting. Pull the saucepan from the heat and whisk in 2 cubes of butter; as it melts whisk in one more piece.
- Set the pan over the lowest heat setting and continuously whisk one piece of butter into the mixture at a time, making sure that each piece is melted prior to adding the next.
- Pull the saucepan off of the heat when the last piece is melted.
- Spoon immediately onto serving plates and top with fish. Alternatively drizzle over the top of fish.
Pounded Olive & Orange Sauce
Serves: 4
INGREDIENTS
- 1 small red onion, peeled and frenched (halved and sliced thinly lengthwise)
- ¼ cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) olive oil
- 8 oz (227 g) Castelvetrano Olives
- 8 oz (227 g) mixture of your favorite olives (both with and without pits)
- 3 oranges, divided, 1 for juicing (ie. Valencia) and 2 for segmenting (ie. Cara Cara/Navel)
- ⅓ cup (2.7 fl oz/78.9 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
- small handful of fresh basil, coarsely chopped
- small handful of Italian flat-leaf parsley, coarsely chopped
- freshly ground black pepper & sea salt to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
- Cut the pitted olives in half or in quarters if particularly big.
- With the blunt side of your knife press the olives with pits until they split, or using a heavy bottomed pan pound the olives until split.
- In a saute pan warm ¼ cup (2 fl oz/60 ml) olive oil over medium-heat. Add the onions and cook until soft and translucent, approximately 8 minutes.
- Add freshly squeezed orange juice and olives and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add the orange segments and shut off the heat.
- Toss in fresh basil and parsley. Drizzle in ⅓ cup fruity olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste.