Halibut on Vegetables

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| Servings: 2 | Cook: —
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A fresh and vibrant dish featuring halibut served atop a medley of cauliflower florets, cherry tomatoes, and spinach, seasoned with cumin, garlic, parsley, lemon juice, olive oil, butter, salt, and pepper. Enjoy this wholesome recipe from Spoonsparrow!

Ingredients

  • 200 g cauliflower florets
  • 200 g small tomatoes
  • 200 g spinach
  • 2 EL olive oil
  • 1 TL cumin
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 2 EL chopped parsley
  • 350 g halibut fillet
  • 1 EL lemon juice
  • Salt
  • pepper (ground)
  • 1 EL Butter

Instructions

  1. 1.

    Wash the cauliflower florets and cut them smaller if needed.

  2. 2.

    Wash the tomatoes and quarter them.

  3. 3.

    Wash, trim, and rinse the spinach.

  4. 4.

    Peel the garlic cloves and slice them thinly.

  5. 5.

    Blanch the cauliflower in boiling salted water for about 7 minutes, then drain and cool. Heat oil in a pan, add cauliflower, season with salt, pepper, and cumin, add spinach and let it wilt, then add tomatoes and heat briefly, seasoning as desired.

  6. 6.

    Cut the halibut fillet into portions, drizzle with lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper. Sear each side in hot butter for about 1 minute, remove, place on a baking dish with the vegetables, bake at 200°C (or until cooked through, ~15-20 minutes). Briefly sauté garlic in the pan fat and stir in parsley.

  7. 7.

    Serve by arranging the fish over the vegetable bed, garnish with the garlic‑parsley mixture poured over the top.