pan-roasted halibut with clamshell mushrooms and lemon butter sauce

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1/4 cup clamshell mushrooms, or more to taste
• salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 2 (7 ounce) halibut fillets
• 1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 lemon, juiced
• 1 1/2 tablespoons butter, room temperature but not soft
• 1 tablespoon chopped flat-leaf italian parsley

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins Ready Time: 30 mins


• heat oil and 1 tablespoon butter in heavy skillet over medium-high heat until butter melts and begins to foam. add mushrooms and a pinch of salt; saute in hot butter and oil golden brown, about 5 minutes. push mushroom to the edges to clear a space in the center of the skillet.
• season halibut on each side with salt and cayenne pepper. place halibut fillets in the center of the skillet and cook until the fillets begin to flake, 3 to 4 minutes per side. transfer halibut to a warm serving plate.
• pour the water into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon, until water is reduced by half, 1 to 2 minutes. pour lemon juice into mushroom mixture and stir.
• stir butter and parsley into mushroom mixture. stir constantly until butter melts and forms a sauce; remove from heat and season with salt and black pepper. spoon sauce and mushrooms over halibut.