Pan Seared Arctic Char and Cultivated Mussels in a Smoked Tomato and Green Garlic Broth with Posole

Name: Pan Seared Arctic Char and Cultivated Mussels in a Smoked Tomato and Green Garlic Broth with Posole
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 4 servings Chopped cilantro, for garnish; 59 milliliters cilantro leaves; 237 milliliters cooked posole corn or hominy; 946 milliliters fish stock; 6 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped; 24 cultivated mussels; 2 Tbsps olive oil; 8 plum tomatoes; 4 servings Salt and pepper; 4 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 1 stick unsalted butter, slightly softened; 4 fillets Arctic char fillets, about 6 ounces each

Pan Seared Arctic Char and Cultivated Mussels in a Smoked Tomato and Green Garlic Broth with Posole is a gluten free and pescatarian hor d'oeuvre. This recipe covers 24% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 474 calories, 14g of protein, and 40g of fat. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. 1 person found this recipe to be flavorful and satisfying. If you have salt and pepper, olive oil, salt and pepper, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert.

Instructions

Place butter, garlic and cilantro in a food processor and process until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.

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Cilantro

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Food Processor

Heat olive oil in a large saute over high heat until almost smoking. Season char with salt and pepper and sear, skin side down, until golden brown, about 2 to 3 minutes. Turn over and continue cooking for 3 to 4 minutes or until just cooked through.

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Salt And Pepper

Olive Oil

Grilled Tomato Broth:Preheat grill pan or grill. Slice tomatoes in half vertically, brush with oil, season with salt and pepper, grill until soft, and coarsely chop. Bring fish stock to a simmer, add the tomatoes and cook for 10 minutes.

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Broth

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Grill

Place the mixture in a food processor and process until smooth.

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Put the mixture into a clean saucepan and bring to a boil.

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Sauce Pan

Add the mussels and cook until all the mussels have opened, discarding any that do not.

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Mussels

Remove the mussels to a bowl.

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Mussels

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Bowl

Whisk a few tablespoons of the butter into the tomato broth and season with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Butter

Tomato

Broth

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Whisk

Add the mussels back to the broth. Stir in posole.

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Mussels

Broth

Place 1 char fillet in the center of each shallow bowl. Ladle sauce over and around the fish. Divide the mussels among the bowls and sprinkle with chopped cilantro.

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Cilantro

Mussels

Sauce