The halibut, which is a flounder

The halibut, which is a flounder

June 27th, 2018 | main dishes

The name is misleading, because strictly speaking, the white halibut is a flounder, because he is right-eyed. His body is brown-black and white on the “blind side”, hence the name. It can become incredible four meters long. Ours was not that big…

White halibut is one of our favourite fish. It comes along fine-aromatic while low-fat and the preparation in the oven is very simple. A feast, which is superfast on the table. Promised.

White halibut on leek

(serves 4 to 6)

1,200 g white halibut

rinse, pat dry, spice with salt and pepper

½ bunch of flat leave parsley

use stems as a whole, put leaves aside

2 small leeks

cut into rings

4 spring onions, as a whole

place the parsley, leeks and onions on a baking sheet lined with baking paper

2-3 TS olive oil

70 ml white wine

drizzle on the vegetable

place the fish with the white skin down on the vegetables, close the baking paper, cook at 190° C for about 25 minutes

125 g soft butter

parsley leaves, chopped

1 garlic clove, pressed

stir into a garlic butter, spice with salt and pepper

after the end of the cooking time, remove the black skin from the halibut, if it does not dissolve easily, cook the fish for a few minutes longer

spread with half the garlic butter, serve

use the remaining garlic butter for the underside of the fish

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Carne de vinha d'alho - marinated pork with wine-garlic sauce and slices of orange and lemon

December 12th, 2018 | main dishes

Carne de vinha d’alho (pork in wine-garlic sauce)

We remember this dish as a very special Christmas dinner on Madeira island. It is already a few years back, we had booked very spontaneously. Arriving on the 24th of December, without any restaurant reservation for the holidays. Just following our noses at Christmas day we ended up in a small fisherman bar near to Maddalena do Mar. The tiny bar was packed. We were the only tourists. There was no menu, and apparently only one single dish. “Christmas dinner”, they told us.