Here is the recipe to feed 4 people
-2 lbs American Halibut Filet - Skin off cut in 4 pieces
-16 fresh Mussels
Reserve chilled
Orange-fennel broth Fennel Butter
-1 cup chopped fennel bulb and top -1/4 lb. soft butter
-1/2 cup diced tomato -2 tblsp chopped fennel tops
-1/4 cup diced celery -2 cloves chopped garlic
-1/4 cup diced leeks -2 tsp sea salt
-2 cloves crushed garlic -1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
-1 bay leaf
-4 stems fresh thyme
-1 tblsp. saffron threads Butternut Farro
-4 each 1/4 inch slices orange -8 oz. Farro
saute in 2 tblsp. olive oil till soft -16 oz. water
add 8 oz. vermouth -1 cup diced butternut squash
-4 oz. water simmer 5 minutes simmer 30 minutes covered
add Halibut and mussels soft simmer
cover and simmer 6 minutes till fish is cooked
-Lightly salt and pepper to taste
To serve dish - Place butternut farro in the middle of 4 plates
top with fish , broth and mussels. Place a tblsp. of fennel
butter on each fish filet . Tastes better in the sunshine !
