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Spring Eats Time!

This time of year, I start craving fish and vegetables. Thank god! Last week, I purchased a piece of my favorite fish. Halibut. While it is pricey, I love it. I discovered at Target, you can get a frozen piece of it for 7.99! The best part,it tastes delicious!
I took the fish and made a marinade. I chopped up a whole shallot, but added only half to the marinade. I then added, cayenne pepper, smoked spanish paprika, agave nectar, orange zest, lemon zest, juice of the orange and the lemon, olive oil and salt and pepper. After about an hour, I put the fish on the grill - I made a packet out of foil but left it open on top to get the smoky flavor.
Then I put a pan on the stove with olive oil, 2 pads of butter. I sauteed the shallots until clear. Then added the same ingredients in the marinade.
I put on a pot of water and made spaghetti. Once the pasta was mostly done, I tossed it in to the sauce.
Then I chopped up mint and flat leaf parsley and sprinkled that and parmesan cheese on top of the pasta.
It was delicious! The mixture of the orange and shallot were perfect with the fish.
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  1. UnknownMay 1, 2010 at 11:47 AM

    Love that you have a cooking blog. I've never had halibut before. Your dinner sounded wonderful. May have to give this a try sometime.

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