Halibut Crudo With Shaved Radishes Fried Capers And Chive Oil Food

ROASTED CHILEAN SEA BASS WITH CHIVE OIL

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place the chives in a food processor. Turn on the processor and add the olive oil through the feed tube in a thin steady stream. Season with salt and pepper. Stop to taste, then adjust, adding more oil, chives, salt or pepper as desired. Strain through a fine sieve into a bowl and reserve.
• Place the sea bass in a sauté pan or roasting pan just large enough to fit the fillets. Sprinkle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Place in the oven and roast until the fish is just barely cooked in the center. It will continue to cook once it is removed from the oven. (It should take about 9 minutes per inch of thickness.)
• Transfer the sea bass to serving plates and sprinkle with the chive oil.

CAPERS AND HALIBUT

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the halibut steaks on all sides until nicely browned. Remove from pan, and set aside.
• Pour the wine into the pan, and use a spatula to scrape any browned bits from the bottom. Let the wine reduce to almost nothing, then stir in the garlic, butter and capers. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Let the sauce simmer for a minute to blend the flavors.
• Return the steaks to the pan, and coat them with sauce. Cook until fish flakes easily with a fork. Serve fish immediately with the sauce from the pan poured over it.

HALIBUT CRUDO

Steps:

• For the mango salsa: Slice the dashi kombu and shiso leaves as thinly as possible. Dice the mango into small cubes. Toss the dashi kombu, shiso leaves and mango together on a cutting board and chop as finely as possible to combine. Set aside.
• For the halibut crudo: Sprinkle the halibut with sea salt, wrap in the dashi kombu and refrigerate for 30 minutes to marinate.
• Slice the halibut into 5 thin pieces the size of sushi nigiri (about 2 inches long and less than 1/2 inch thick). Place 5 dots of ponzu sauce (about 1 teaspoon each) on a plate. Roll the halibut slices and stand them on their side on the dots of ponzu. Add 2 drops of the white truffle oil and about 1/2 teaspoon mango salsa to each piece of halibut. Then add a small dollop (1/2 teaspoon or less) of the wasabi tobiko and an even smaller dollop of the black caviar to each piece of halibut. Serve.

HALIBUT WITH CITRUS BUTTER AND RADISHES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F. Toss the red onion, radishes, thyme, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 3/4 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper on a rimmed baking sheet. Roast until tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Season the halibut with salt and arrange over the roasted vegetables. Brush with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Bake until the halibut is just cooked through, about 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine the blood orange juice, grapefruit juice and lime juice in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce to a simmer and cook until reduced to about 1/4 cup, 12 to 15 minutes. Add the heavy cream and simmer until combined. Reduce the heat to low and whisk in the butter, one piece at a time, waiting until the butter is emulsified before adding the next piece. Season with salt. Keep warm over very low heat until ready to serve.
• Peel the whole grapefruit with a paring knife, removing the white pith. Slice between the membranes to remove the segments. Transfer the halibut and vegetables to a platter with a spatula and scatter the grapefruit segments around them. Drizzle with the citrus butter.

HALIBUT CRUDO WITH SHAVED RADISHES, FRIED CAPERS, AND CHIVE OIL

Steps:

• For the chive oil: Put the chives and olive oil in a blender and puree until smooth. Transfer to a small bowl.
• With a sharp knife, cut the halibut fillet into broad, paper-thin slices, as if slicing smoked salmon. As you work, arrange the slices, slightly overlapping, on 8 chilled salad plates. You should be able to make about 32 slices, or 4 per portion. Drizzle the fish with Meyer lemon juice, using about 1 teaspoon per portion, then sprinkle with fleur de sel. Put a clump of shaved radish on the center of each portion, then drizzle chive oil around (not over) the fish, using about 2 teaspoons per portion.
• In a small saucepan, heat about 1 inch of vegetable oil to 360°F. To test whether the oil is hot enough, add a couple of capers; they should sizzle on contact. Add all the capers and cook, stirring with a wire-mesh skimmer, until they stop sizzling fiercely, about 20 seconds. Transfer to paper towels with the skimmer. The buds should have opened slightly, and they should be crisp. Scatter over the fish and serve immediately.
• Enjoy with Cakebread Cellars Sauvignon Blanc or another brisk, refreshing white wine.