{"id":15734,"date":"2014-08-18T05:00:24","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T12:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=15734"},"modified":"2019-10-28T13:16:10","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T20:16:10","slug":"green-pea-risotto-with-pan-seared-halibut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=15734","title":{"rendered":"Green Pea Risotto (with Pan Seared Halibut)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Not only is this risotto beautiful, it’s delicious too.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Our 45th wedding anniversary was August 16th, followed the next day by my husband’s birthday. He married an older woman (by 9 months); I was 21 and he turned 21 the next day so his mom had to “sign” for him to be able to get married.<\/p>\n

So, to celebrate our 45th we took off for Seattle\/Vancouver\/Victoria\/Seattle. We called this our “planes, trains, and automobiles” trip (after the movie) but it turned out to be planes, trains, automobiles, water taxis, whale boat, ferry boat, tour bus (to Butchart Gardens), hop on hop off bus trip.<\/p>\n

The trip started in Seattle, one night there and then caught Amtrak<\/em><\/strong> for a beautiful 5 hour ride to Vancouver which was almost totally overlooking the water. Once in Vancouver we walked the Calpilano Suspension bridge, tree top adventure and cliff walk along the edge of the park.<\/p>\n

A whale watching boat<\/em> <\/strong>took us on a 4 hour trip across to Victoria where we saw lots of whales. While there we saw Butchart Gardens and of course had to have tea at the Empress Hotel where we were staying.<\/p>\n

One night we had dinner at the Blue Crab Restaurant and took a water taxi<\/em> <\/strong>over to the restaurant since the walk was a little long with the sore foot I developed while hiking through the Cilpilano Park (:() ) It seems like ever dinner we had (they were all great) we called our anniversary dinner.<\/p>\n

That night at the Blue Crab, GA (hub) had a pan seared halibut with summer green pea risotto and tarragon butter sauce. It was so beautiful I almost wanted to trade but I had Sea Scallops and Tiger Prawn with pancetta and garden pea couscous and chili citrus butter sauce which I did not want to share. (We did share a bite.)<\/p>\n

This was definitely one of our favorite trips and ranks right up there with trips to France, Spain and Italy.<\/p>\n

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Here is my attempt to recreate his wonderful meal; and I’ll be making my dish in the future to share with you. You can make this with or without the Halibut. Scallops would be delicious also or just use it as a side dish with whatever you are taking off the grill.<\/p>\n

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I<\/a>f you do just the green pea risotto then you will not need the tarragon or the halibut.<\/p>\n

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Put a little over 1\/3 of peas in food processor with a ladle of the vegetable broth and process.<\/p>\n

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This is what the puree looks like. I increased the pea amount to 4 ounces after I made mine because I remembered his risotto looking a little more green.<\/p>\n

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Saute the chopped onion until limp and translucent.<\/p>\n

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Add the rice and stir with the onions until it starts to sizzle.<\/p>\n

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Start adding the hot broth one ladle at a time and stir until it is absorbed before adding more.<\/p>\n

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After you have used enough of the broth to finish the risotto, stir in the pea puree and the parmesan cheese, followed by the whole peas.<\/p>\n

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Risotto without the halibut. Great side dish for any entree or no protein at all. Top with some pea shoots for garnish.<\/p>\n

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