Pan-Seared Turbot with Grapefruit-Avocado Salsa for the Supper Table

Pan-Seared Turbot with Grapefruit-Avocado Salsa for the Supper Table keeps the shopping list focused on avocado ripe but still firm, ruby red grapefruit diced with its juice, and kosher salt more to taste. It serves 2 people.

Count on 20 minutes of prep, 15 minutes of cooking, about 35 minutes from the first measurement to the plate.

Ingredients Method

What goes in the bowl

For the Grapefruit Avocado Salsa

• 1 avocado ripe but still firm, diced
• ½ cup ruby red grapefruit diced with its juice
• ¼ teaspoon kosher salt more to taste
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• ¼ teaspoon chili powder more to taste
• 1/8 teaspoon cumin seeds if you don’t want that crunch, then use ground
• ½ teaspoon lime juice
• 1 tbsp cilantro chopped

For the Turbot

• ¾ lb turbot filet skinless
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 3 lime slices
• ¼ cup dry white wine

How the cooking goes

Make the Salsa

1. Combine all ingredients through lime juice. Refrigerate while you prepare fish. Once fish is cooked, remove “salsa” from refrigerator then mix in cilantro.

Prepare fish

1. Delicately pat filet(s) dry and season with salt, pepper and chili powder.
2. Warm a stainless steel pan over a moderate flame. Melt butter in pan.
3. Pick the prettiest side of fish to be your “presentation” side and sear that side first. Once it is a deep gold, flip the filet and sear the other side.
4. Tip wine into the pan and over the fish and add the lime slices to the pan so that they are cooked in the wine.
5. Continue to cook over a moderate flame until the turbot flakes easily with a fork and is opaque in the center. Continue to spoon the wine / pan juices over the fish as it cooks. The time will vary greatly by the size of your filets.
6. Spoon a generous helping of the Grapefruit-Avocado Salsa over each serving of turbot.

After it comes off the heat

Give the plate the rest the method asks for. Cover leftovers and refrigerate them when the dish includes meat, eggs, or dairy.

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