Sauteed Fluke With Grapefruit Vinaigrette
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 teaspoon harissa paste
- 1 1/4-inch piece of ginger, peeled and grated
- 1/2 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 red or pink grapefruit, peeled, white pith removed
- 4 6-ounce fluke fillets
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 teaspoon thinly sliced mint
- 1/4 teaspoon chopped rosemary
- 4 ounces frisee, white and light green parts only (about 3 cups)
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
- In a small saucepan, whisk together the olive oil, soy sauce, vinegar, harissa, ginger and garlic.
- Over a bowl to catch the juices, cut the grapefruit segments free from the membrane.
- Set the segments aside and squeeze the remaining juice from the membrane into the bowl.
- Whisk 3 tablespoons grapefruit juice into the olive oil mixture.
- Lightly season the fluke on both sides with salt and pepper.
- Heat 1 tablespoon canola oil in a large nonstick skillet.
- When the oil shimmers, add 2 fluke fillets and cook for about 1 minute.
- Flip and cook for 30 more seconds.
- Transfer the skillet to the oven and cook for about 2 minutes.
- Keep the fish warm, and repeat with the remaining canola oil and 2 fillets.
- To serve, warm the vinaigrette over medium-low heat.
- Just before serving the fish, add the mint, rosemary and grapefruit segments and warm for about 1 minute, or until the segments are heated through.
- Lay a handful of frisee on each plate, followed by a piece of fish.
- Top the fish and frisee with grapefruit segments and a few spoonfuls of vinaigrette.
olive oil, soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, harissa paste, ginger, clove garlic, red, fluke fillets, salt, canola oil, mint, rosemary, only
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11607 (may not work)