Halibut with Watercress Pesto

Name: Halibut with Watercress Pesto
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters cherry tomatoes; 1 clove garlic, peeled; 1 teaspoon grated lemon peel; 4 servings Lemon wedges; 3 Tbsps olive oil; 2 Tbsps pine nuts; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 1 quart ounces watercress; 680 grams boned, skinned halibut fillet

Halibut with Watercress Pesto is a gluten free, primal, and whole 30 recipe with 4 servings. One portion of this dish contains about 2g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 131 calories. This recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes. If you have lemon peel, cherry tomatoes, watercress, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it.

Instructions

Rinse watercress and drain well. Pick tender sprigs from stems and cut into 3- to 4-inch lengths; you should have 1 1/2 to 2 cups sprigs. Coarsely chop remaining watercress and stems; you should have 1/3 to 1/2 cup.

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Watercress

In a blender or food processor, whirl chopped watercress, olive oil, pine nuts, lemon peel, and garlic until finely ground.

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Lemon Peel

Watercress

Olive Oil

Pine Nuts

Garlic

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Food Processor

Blender

Add salt and pepper to taste.

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Salt And Pepper

Rinse fish and pat dry.

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Fish

Cut into four equal pieces. Set slightly apart in an oiled 10- by 15-inch baking pan. Reserve 2 tablespoons pesto; spread remaining equally over fish.

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Spread

Pesto

Fish

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Baking Pan

Bake in a 425 regular or convection oven until fish is barely opaque but still moist-looking in center of thickest part (cut to test), 8 to 12 minutes.

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Fish

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Oven

Meanwhile, rinse and stem tomatoes; cut each in half. In a bowl, mix watercress sprigs, tomatoes, and reserved pesto. Spoon equally onto four dinner plates.

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Watercress

Tomato