Poached Halibut with Horseradish

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Floyd's Fjord Fiesta

By Keith Floyd

Published 1998

  • About

This is one of the simplest dishes in the entire book and yet, for me, it is one of the most delicious.

Ingredients

  • 1 thick piece of skinned and boned halibut per person
  • fish stock, for poaching (about 600 ml/1

Method

Put the halibut fillets into a suitable vessel with the fish stock and poach them gently for a few minutes - about 5 or 6 - until the flesh is opaque and the fish flakes easily when prodded with a fork.

Pour some melted butter on to warmed serving plates, and then, using a potato ricer (if you have one - it’s a clever gadget that produces finely milled mashed potato), squeeze a portion