Halibut Provençal
When you're in the market for an effortlessly elegant dinner, this Provençal style halibut recipe should be at the top of your list. Simple and incredibly quick to prepare, it is perfect for relaxed entertaining, but also easy enough for a lovely weeknight meal if some solitary pampering is on your agenda.
Servings 8 servings (or possibly 6, depending on the size of your fish fillets)
Equipment
- large nonreactive baking dish
Ingredients
- 8 (about 4 to 6 ounces each) halibut fillets skinless
- 2 pints cherry tomatoes halved
- 1 cup shallot thinly sliced
- 4 teaspoons garlic minced
- ¼ cup olive oil plus more for brushing the halibut fillets
- 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt plus more to taste
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper plus more to taste
- 3 teaspoons lemon zest freshly grated
- ½ cup flat leaf parsley roughly chopped
Instructions
- Heat the oven to 400℉ and prepare the shallot, garlic, and cherry tomatoes.
- Place the thinly sliced shallot, minced garlic, and halved cherry tomatoes in a nonreactive baking dish large enough to accommodate the halibut fillets in a single layer.
- In a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk together the olive oil, vinegar, honey, salt, and pepper. Pour this over the tomato mixture and toss everything to combine.
- Roast until the tomatoes have begun to collapse and the shallot appears translucent, about 15 to 20 minutes.
- In the meantime, generously brush the top of the halibut fillets with olive oil and season them with salt and pepper.
- After the tomatoes have been roasted, nestle the halibut fillets into the tomato mixture, evenly spacing them throughout the baking dish. Then return the dish to the oven and roast until the fish is cooked through and flakes easily with a fork, about 10 to 15 minutes.
- Sprinkle the lemon zest over the entire dish, making sure to cover each and every piece of fish. Finish with a generous scattering of chopped parsley.
- Serve over rice (or other grains), spooning any remaining juices over the top, and perhaps with your favorite green vegetable alongside.