Since Gerry was bringing a friend to the airport at 5:00 on Friday afternoon, I got to choose dinner for a change on a Friday. I decided to make a meal from Laura Calder's French Food at Home show. We dined on Halibut with Brown Butter, Crushed Chickpeas with Olives and Roasted Carrots. In one word - YUM!
I started with the chickpeas by sauteing some garlic in olive oil and then adding chickpeas, salt and pepper and heating through. I crushed some of the chickpeas with a potato masher and removed from the heat before stirring in olives, parsley and lemon zest. I added some fresh lemon juice and olive oil and set aside.
The carrots were sliced in half lengthwise, drizzled with olive oil, sprinkled with salt and pepper and roasted in a 400 degree oven for 30 minutes.
Butter was melted in a saucepan until browned and foaming and then some fresh lemon juice was squeezed in. The brown butter sauce was set aside.
The halibut was seasoned with salt and pepper before being pan fried in olive oil on both sides.
The dish was plated by spooning a pile of crushed chickpeas on the plate, topping with the halibut fillets, drizzled with the brown butter sauce with the roasted carrots alongside.
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