Pan Seared Halibut with Purple Mash, Maple Carrot Puree and Grilled Asparagus

I have become obsessed with purple potatoes! I love the flavor and the color is amazing. So I have been playing around with this recipe to try and keep the potatoes purple and found out roasting them is the secret! The orange, purple, green and white together is amazing. All the flavors complement each other so well.

Purple Mash Potatoes:

Ingredients

•  1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
• 1 ½ cup purple potatoes, cut in half
• 1 cup yams, peeled and diced
• 1 tbsp. butter unsalted, melted
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1 tsp. rosemary, minced
• 1 tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. black pepper

Directions

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Place the potatoes and yams onto a large sheet pan and toss together with olive oil, salt and pepper. Roast for 15-20 minutes until fork tender. Place into a large bowl and with a potato masher, start mashing up the potatoes. Melt together in a small sauce pan the butter and milk. Pour into the potatoes and continue mashing until smooth. Season everything with the rosemary, salt and pepper to taste.

Carrot Puree

 Ingredients

• 2 cups carrots, peeled and rough diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• ½ cup maple syrup
• ¼ cup milk
• 1 tbsp. butter, unsalted, melted
• 1 tsp. salt
• ½ tsp. black pepper

Directions

On a small sheet pan place the carrots and toss with a little olive oil salt and pepper. Roast in the preheated oven alongside the potatoes for about 15 minutes until fork tender.  Meanwhile in a small sauce pan, melt together the maple syrup, milk and butter. When the carrots are cooked pour them into a blender and start blending, gradually adding the heated milk. Blend together until smooth. Set aside.

Herb oil

 Ingredients

• 3 tbsp. parsley
• 1 tsp. thyme
• 1 tsp. basil
• 1 tsp. rosemary
• 1 garlic clove
• 3 tbsp. lemon juice
• 1 cup extra virgin olive oil

Directions

Blend all ingredients in the blender until smooth and pour into a small bowl or squeeze bottle.

Pan Seared Halibut

Ingredients

• (2) 6-7 ounce Wild Halibut filets

Directions

Season both sides of the halibut with salt and pepper. In a large non-stick sauté pan with a little bit of olive oil, pan sear the halibut for about 6-7 minutes on one side when it looks golden on the bottom, don’t flip it yet, place it into the preheated 425 degree oven and finish the cooking process for about another 5-7 minutes until cooked through or 165 degrees.

Grilled Asparagus

Ingredients

• 12 Asparagus

 Directions

Take about 12 or so asparagus spears and cut off the ends. Toss in a little bit of olive oil, sprinkle with salt and pepper and place onto a hot grill pan and cook for about 7-8 minutes or until tender.

Finally to assemble! Place the purple mash on one side of the plate and the carrot puree on the other. I make a ying-yang shape with them. Top with asparagus and halibut and drizzle the beautiful herb oil on top. It seems like a lot of steps but it’s totally worth it!!