Sautéed Halibut with Lemon-Pesto Butter

Name: Sautéed Halibut with Lemon-Pesto Butter
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 0 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 3 Tbsps butter, softened; 2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh basil; 680 grams skinless halibut fillets; 1 teaspoons grated lemon rind; 1 Tbsp refrigerated pesto; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoon finely chopped shallots

Sautéed Halibut with Lemon-Pesto Butter is a gluten free, primal, and pescatarian main course. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 32g of protein, 12g of fat, and a total of 245 calories. Head to the store and pick up pesto, butter, lemon rind, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon rind you could follow this main course with the Lemon-Almond Cake with Lemon Curd Filling as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 45 minutes.

Instructions

Combine first 5 ingredients in a small bowl, stirring until well blended.

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Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

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Sprinkle fillets evenly on both sides with salt and pepper. Coat pan with cooking spray.

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Salt And Pepper

Cooking Spray

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Add fillets to pan; saut 5 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork or until desired degree of doneness.

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Fish

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Serve fish with butter mixture.

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Fish

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freshly ground black pepper 3Tbsps

butter, softened 2teaspoons

finely chopped fresh basil 680grams

skinless halibut fillets 1teaspoons

grated lemon rind 1Tbsp

refrigerated pesto 0teaspoons

salt 1teaspoon

finely chopped shallots

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Halibut works really well with Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. The FitVine Wine Pinot Grigio with a 4.4 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 18 dollars per bottle.