Halibut Baked On A Fig Leaf Recipes

Steps:

• For the herb butter, in a medium bowl, combine the butter, garlic, chopped herbs, and lemon zest plus salt and pepper to taste. Mix thoroughly and transfer to a small saucepan.
• Heat the olive oil in a grill pan over high heat. Sprinkle the halibut generously on both sides with salt and pepper. When the grill pan is hot, place the fish on the pan, and cook for about 3 minutes on one side.
• Meanwhile, heat the herb butter just until melted.
• Turn the fish, lower the heat to medium, and pour the melted herb butter over the fish. Cover the pan, turn off the heat, and allow to sit for 3 minutes.
• To serve, place the fish on a serving platter, spoon the herb butter over the fish, sprinkle with extra parsley, and serve hot.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees.
• Wash leaves and put them on table shiny side up.
• Place fish in middle of each leaf.
• Oil fish on both sides and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Fold up fig leaf over fish to make a package. Put the folded side down when you place it on a baking sheet or grill it so it will stay closed.
• If baking fish in oven pour 1/4 cup of water on baking sheet.
• Put baking sheet with packages in oven for 10 minutes. If grilling fish 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
• To check if done, open up one of the packages and look at center of fish. If it's white and flaky, it's done.
• put packages on plates and let each person open their's up.
• Squeeze lemon and salt to taste.

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375°F. Wash the fig leaves, and put them on the table, shiny side up. Put the fish in the middle of each leaf. Oil the fish on both sides, and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Fold up the fig leaf over the fish to make a package. Put the folded side down when you place it on a baking sheet or on the grill so that it will stay closed. If you're baking the fish, pour about 1/4 cup water on the baking sheet.
• Put the baking sheet with the four packages in the oven for about 10 minutes. (If grilling the fish, cook 3 to 4 minutes on one side, then turn it over and cook for another 3 to 4 minutes.) To see if it is done, open up one of the packages and look at the center of the fish. If it's white and flaky all through, it's done. Remember, it will continue to cook a bit after you take it out of the oven, so don't cook it too much. Put the packages on plates, and let each person open their own. It is good with a squeeze of lemon and a little extra salt.