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Whitefish with Braised Red Cabbage

Servings

2

Serving size

4 ounces fish with cabbage
COOKING TIME
30 Minutes

This recipe can be multiplied but does not make very good leftovers.

Whitefish with Braised Red Cabbage

Ingredients

1 spray Spray olive oil
1/2 small head Cabbage, red, raw (shredded)
1 tsp. Olive oil
1 Small Shallots, raw (minced)
1 medium Carrots, raw (peeled and finely diced)
1/4 cup White wine
1/4 cup No salt added vegetable stock (or no salt added chicken stock)
1 Tbsp. Maple syrup
1 tsp. Fresh tarragon (finely diced)
1/4 tsp. Salt
1 to taste Black pepper
1/2 tsp. Sugar
1 ounce Semisoft goat cheese
2 tsp.. Unsalted butter
8 ounces Fresh whitefish (2 4-ounce filets)(halibut, cod, hake)

Instructions

Place a large skillet over medium heat. Spray lightly with oil. Add the shredded cabbage. Cook for about one minute and reduce the heat to low.

Place a small skillet over medium heat. Add the olive oil and shallots. Cook gently for about 3 minutes. Add the carrot and cook for about one minute.

Add the white wine, chicken stock, maple syrup, tarragon, 1/8 teaspoon salt and pepper. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Simmer very slowly until almost all the liquid is reduced.

While the sauce is cooking stir the cabbage occasionally. Add the sugar and 1/8 tsp.. salt.

Place a large skillet in the oven and preheat to 400°F. When hot spray lightly with olive oil and add the fish. Return the pan to the oven.

While the fish is cooking crumble the goat cheese into the cabbage. Stir together to help the goat cheese melt slightly.

Add the butter to the carrots and stir to melt.

Turn the fish after about 4 minutes. After another 4 - 6 minutes remove. Place the cabbage on two plates. Top with the fish and then the carrot glaze. Serve.

Serve this recipe with one of these starch side dishes.

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Plain Mashed Potatoes

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GERD / Acid Reflux

This recipe contains GERD triggers and those with GERD may wish to avoid it.

Lactose

This recipe contains cheese and some of those who are lactose intolerant may be able to tolerate it.

Coumadin® (Warfarin)

This recipe is NOT safe for Coumadin (warfarin) users.

Gluten Sensitivity

This recipe is safe for those who are sensitive to gluten.

Sodium

This is NOT a low sodium recipe.

Recipe Notes

This recipe was inspired by a side dish of cabbage that I had at a restaurant one evening. The combination of the bitterness of the cabbage, a touch of sweetness from the sugar and creaminess from the goat cheese is really perfect. It just cried out for a nice piece of seared whitefish like halibut that first time I had it. The maple carrot glaze was designed just for that purpose and adds a nice overall richness to the dish. For those on Coumadin the fish and sauce are great served over coconut rice.

"Few and signally blessed are those whom Jupiter has destined to be cabbage-planters. For they've always one foot on the ground and the other not far from it. Anyone is welcome to argue about felicity and supreme happiness. But the man who plants cabbages I now positively declare to be the happiest of mortals."

François Rabelais, French Satirist