Halibut with Fresh Corn & Leeks (2024)

Pan-Seared Halibut topped with fresh summer corn, leeks, sage, and optional pancetta served over Creamy Polenta.

A simple recipe for Seared Halibuttopped with sautéed fresh corn, leeks, pancetta (optional) and earthy sage over a bed of creamy polenta.

With the cooling fall weather, we find ourselves gravitating more towards homey and comforting meals – the perfect time to make this is when fresh corn is still in season!

Comforting, while remaining relatively light, theflavors compliment each other really well, bridging the gap between summer and fall.

You’ll be surprised at how decadent the meal feels, withsuch a short investment of time.

You can use shiitake mushrooms or bacon instead of pancetta and a sweet onion instead of the leeks.

To lighten up the creamy polenta, use a few tablespoons of sour cream instead of cheese.

The slightly tangy flavor of the sour cream brings the whole dish together.

Other Fish Options:

Often I’ll use sea bass, salmon, scallops, black cod or prawns if I can’t get my hands on halibut, and all are good substitutes.

More halibut recipes you may like:

• Mushroom Dusted Halibut
• Fennel Crusted Halibut with Asparagus Sauce
• Cornmeal Crusted Halibut with Summer Succotash
• Spring Pea Risotto with Halibut

On the Homefront: As summer slowly shifts into fall, we arefinallyable to take a deep breath –another wedding season nearing its end.

For weeks, our dining room table has been overrun with backpacking gearwhich Brian thoughtfully sorts and sifts through –adding, subtracting, before packing it up for his annual trip to the woods. The weekapart does us good, allowing us time to recover from the stress of our work and being together perhaps, a little too much.

For the first few days, we both feel this incredibleliberation, this freedomof having no one to check in with, or account for our time. But as the first few quiet glorious days pass, I begin to notice how all the little things that seem to “magically” get done around here, strangely don’t, while he’s gone. 😉

And after a few more days, the silence I’ve yearned for, becomestoo quiet, and my thoughts return to him more and more as I begin to feel his absence. Our annoyances with each other gradually fade into the background, and once more I see him with clearer eyes and a heart that’s been softened.

I start to appreciate how different we are… and how absolutely necessary this is.By day six, I’ll miss him desperately. And it’s this feeling of missing,that over the years I’ve come to love and trust, for it comes straight from the heart -undeniable, real.

Enjoy the halibut!

xoxo

Sylvia

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