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Halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce

June 11, 2022 by Pam 4 Comments

Halibut with Lemon with Lemon Cream Sauce is rich, moist and creamy. The sauce with a touch of fresh dill compliments the flakiness of the flaky halibut.

 

Halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce

Halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce

Halibut is wonderful fish served in countless ways…broiled, grilled, baked, sautéed, it’s all good.

When thinking of how to cook this wonderful fish, I thought back to how my Mom used to cook fish.

She almost always finished whatever fish she cooked with a creamy sauce.

I mean, who wouldn’t love that?

 

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Recently, we headed out to the Newport, Oregon for some really fresh fish.

How fresh?

Well, you can buy it right off the boat in the morning only a couple of hours old.

Now that’s fresh!

Newport has a great fishing fleet that goes out at dusk so they reach the perfect fishing spots and then fish all night returning back to the docks early the next morning where they put up signs such as Fresh Crab, Chelsea Rose, Dock 3.

You can’t get fresher seafood than that.

And if you ask, the fishermen, they will even clean and filet them for you and pack them in ice

We’ve been fortunate to get fresh tuna, salmon, halibut, lingcod, flounder, rockfish, mussels, pink shrimp and the sweetest crab anywhere.

Our anniversary was coming up and we were on the hunt for halibut.

Unfortunately no one brought in any that morning so we turned to our other favorite seafood source.

There is a restaurant/fish market there right across the street from docks by the name of Local Ocean Seafoods.

 

 

Halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce

Their restaurant is great and their food is spot on perfect, but they also have a fish market that is the freshest anywhere.

I love going to a fish market where all you can smell is the clean fresh breeze of the sea.

The fisherman of Newport keep the market well supplied.

But Local Ocean Seafoods also has a connection with Alaska fishermen who daily air freight fish from Alaskan waters.

That morning they received a beautiful supply of halibut.

Expensive? Yes. Worth it? Absolutely.

So we found the perfect pure white, almost 2” thick filet. The chefs there are so helpful and when I asked, they gave me exact instructions on preparation.

I still cook halibut that way. Normally I don’t serve it with sauce because fresh halibut simply served is darn near perfect.

But this time I thought a sauce would be a wonderful finish.

Maybe a lemon sauce, lightened up with a bit of creme Fraiche – just a bit for a creamy lemon flavor. And maybe some fresh dill to finish it off.

What can be better?

Ingredients of Halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce 

  • Halibut
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Olive oil
  • Garlic
  • ButterFlour
  • Lemon
  • Creme Fraiche
  • Dill

How to Make Halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce 

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.

Add salt and pepper to both sides of halibut and set aside. Over medium high heat, add olive oil to  an oven proof frypan.

When it comes to temperature,  add chopped garlic and sauté until lightly golden – no more than 1 minute.

Then add the filets, skin side up and allow to sauté 3 minutes. With a spatula, carefully flip filets over and immediately place in oven.

Bake 5-6 minutes until the filets flake easily. Then remove to a serving plate and cover with foil to keep warm.

In the same frypan you baked the filets, turn the burner heat up to medium and add butter.

Then add the flour and, with a whisk, stir 1 minute. Add  lemon juice and cream fraiche and stir to thicken.

Pour sauce over the halibut, add dill and serve.

 

Notes

The halibut used in the recipe was about 1 1/2” thick, so I baked for 6 minutes. For thinner filets, 5 minutes will be fine.

Be sure and sauté garlic no more than 1 minute because garlic burns quite easily.

This recipe with the Lemon Cream Sauce is finished in the traditional American style with the sauce on the top.

Another favorite halibut recipe is Baked Halibut with Tarragon Sauce, where it’s finished in the more traditional French style with the sauce on the bottom.

Both wonderful and totally delicious.

If you like this recipe, please leave a comment below and pin on Pinterest!

Halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce
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3.43 from 21 votes

Halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce

Halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce is rich, moist and creamy. The sauce with a touch of fresh dill compliments the tender flakiness of the halibut.
Prep Time5 mins
Cook Time11 mins
Total Time16 mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Halibut with Lemon
Servings: 2 People
Calories: 222kcal

Ingredients

  • 2 4 oz Halibut filets
  • 1/4 Tsp Salt
  • 1/4 Tsp Pepper
  • 1 Tbsp Olive oil
  • 2 Cloves Garlic
  • 2 Tbsp Butter
  • 1 Tbsp Flour Wondra
  • 1 Lemon Juiced
  • 2 Tbsp Creme Fraiche
  • 1 Tsp Dill Fresh

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 400 degrees F
  • Salt and pepper both sides of Halibut filets and set aside.
  • Add oil to ovenproof saute pan over medium high heat.  When hot, add garlic and saute 1-2 minutes. Add Halibut filets and allow to cook, skin side up, 3-4 minutes until browned on bottom.  Flip filets over and immediately place in oven and continue to cook 5-6 minutes until fish flakes easily with a fork. Remove from oven and place on serving plate.  Cover the filets with foil to keep warm
  • In same saute pan you cooked halibut, melt butter and then add flour.  Stir 1 minute.  Add lemon juice and creme fraiche and stir to thicken. 
  • Top halibut with Lemon Cream Sauce and add fresh dill.

Nutrition

Calories: 222kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 404mg | Potassium: 74mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 430IU | Vitamin C: 29.5mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 0.5mg

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Comments

  1. Shelley

    February 25, 2021 at 7:56 am

    4 stars
    Really loved this recipe, I used a bit too much lemon but added Thyme. Was succulent!

    Reply
    • Pamela W

      February 25, 2021 at 12:58 pm

      Hi Shelly,
      Thanks for your comment. Glad you liked it! Your idea of thyme is great. That would make it more French. For another thought, you could also use tarragon. It’s fabulous with fish.

      Reply
  2. Laura

    August 30, 2021 at 7:38 pm

    I want to start off by saying the flavors in this recipe were fantastic! That being said, our sauce seized and got a very strange texture to it. Maybe the pan was too hot? Not sure what happened. It still tasted great, just wasn’t nearly as pretty as your picture. Guess we’ll have to try it again sometime soon… Thanks for sharing the deliciousness though!!

    Reply
    • Pamela W

      September 4, 2021 at 7:49 am

      Hi Laura,

      Thanks for writing.

      Hmmm… Surprised your sauce seized up. It’s a basic white sauce which is 1 c. milk with 2 TB flour and 2 TB butter. To make it into a more pourable sauce, I reduced the flour to 1 TB and thinned it further with the lemon juice. Plus I’m such a fan of Creme Fraische that I had to add some in. The flour is the key. I’ve found that Wondra works best for all sauces. Make sure you have a level TB of flour. Try it again and let me know if that works.

      Reply

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