Michael "Dog3" Lonergan wrote:
> It was cold last night but I went outside and fired up the gas grill.
> Called Christy and gabbed for about 45 minutes. Then I brushed the halibut
> with olive oil and seasoned with lemon pepper. Seared one side and flipped
> the fillets. Not sure how long I cooked it on each side. When it comes to
> fish I'm pretty much a fork tester. The fillets were about 1 1/2 inches
> thick so I kinda want to say maybe 3-5 minutes on each side. Before I put
> the halibut on I put 2 nice large bakers in the oven and made the mango
> viniagrette. I put part of the mango through a garlic press and did a real
> fine dice with the rest. It went into the olive oil and vinegar along with
> some lime juice, s&p, a small clove of garlic put through the garlic press,
> a smidge of the mango salsa and just a hint of cilantro. Shook it well and
> put in the fridge. When the potatoes were about done I put the bacon
> wrapped asparagus under the broiler in the other oven. By the time the
> potatoes and asparagus were done so was the halibut. Plated the halibut and
> did a small squeeze of lemon juice over it. I served the mango salsa on the
> side to dip the halibut in.Baked potatoes got sour cream and chives. The
> viniagrette was served over baby field greens with just a tiny bit of
> shaved red onion. All in all an extremely agreeable meal.
>
> By the time the halibut was done Steven came home. I didn't expect him,
> not really, but made plenty of food just in case. We set up TV trays in
> front of the fireplace, had dinner and caught up with each others day.
>
> Michael
>

That sounds like a lovely evening, Michael. :-)

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