Sauteed Halibut With Apple And Dried Cherry Compote

• 1/3 cup dried cherries
• 1/4 cup apple brandy
• 1/4 cup unsalted butter
• 2 cups walla walla onions thinly sliced
• 1 1/2 cups granny smith apples 1/2 inch dice
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 TBSP lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp salt and black pepper
• 4 halibut filets, boneless skinless
• 1 egg beaten with a little
• water
• as needed all-purpose flour, for dredging
• 2 TBSP hazelnut oil

1. Rehydrate the cherries in brandy over a slow boil. Remove from the heat and set aside.
2. Heat the butter over medium heat and cook the onions until translucent, about 3 minutes.
3. Add the apples and garlic. Continue to cook and stir occasionally until the apples are soft and the onions are gloden brown
4. Stir the lemon juice into the cherries and brandy. Add the cherries to the apples:warm throughly and correct seasoning. Keep warm.
5. Season the fillets with salt and pepper. dip fillets into beaten egg and then flour.
6. Heat the oil over medium-high heat and saute the fillets until gloden brown on both sides, 3 mintues on one side,2 minutes on the second side.(turn only once, if necessary, finish in oven.)
7. Serve each halibut fillet topped with the warm compote.

dried cherries, apple brandy, unsalted butter, walla walla onions, granny smith apples, garlic, lemon juice, salt, egg, water, flour, hazelnut oil

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/sauteed-halibut-with-apple-and-dried-cherry-compote-1278000 (may not work)