Cooking Instructions
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Step 1
Cut
Halibut (455 g)
into four 4 oz portions.
Step 2
Place in roasting pan lined with parchment paper. Generously drizzle with
Olive Oil (30 mL)
. Make to coat both sides well.
Step 3
Sprinkle with
Salt (to taste)
,
Ground Black Pepper (to taste)
, and zest of
Lemon (1)
. Set aside or marinate over night in the fridge.
Step 4
Blanch
Green Peas (300 g)
in 1 quart boiling salted water with 1 tablespoon salt for 2 minutes. They should float. Strain and immediately immerse in cold water to stop them from over cooking and loosing their color. Set aside.
Step 5
In a heavy bottom pot, saute the
Leeks (225 g)
and
Butter (15 g)
over medium heat until tender, about 7 minutes.
Step 6
Turn heat to low and add
Arborio Rice (195 g)
and optional
Spanish Chorizo (60 mL)
. Stir about 1 minute. If you leave out the chorizo, make sure to salt the risotto.
Step 7
Add
White Wine (120 mL)
. Let simmer on low until the wine has been absorbed.
Step 8
Add a cup of hot
Chicken Stock (960 mL)
and stir periodically, adding a cup at a time, until each cup is absorbed ( about 25-30 minutes).
Step 9
Repeat this process until rice is tender but slightly firm (about 20-30 minutes) and mixture is loose.
Step 10
While risotto is cooking, make pea puree. Place 1 cup of the blanched peas,
Fresh Mint (6 g)
,
Italian Flat-Leaf Parsley (10 g)
, a squeeze of
Lemon (1)
, and a generous pinch of salt and pepper in a food processor and blend till smooth, scrapping down sides a couple times. Set aside.
Step 11
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
Step 12
When you are about to add your last cup of stock to the risotto, place the fish in the hot oven, and bake 6-8 minutes, depending on how thick of a cut you have.
Step 13
When risotto is tender, or cooked to your liking, stir in the
Pecorino Romano Cheese (40 g)
, lemon zest, and remaining 1 cup whole blanched peas.
Step 14
Turn heat off. Gently fold in pea puree. Adjust salt. Divide risotto among plates, top with the fish, garnish with optional pea shoots, a drizzle of truffle oil, lemon zest and/or mint.
