Grilled Halibut Bites

grilled halibut bites with pesto recipe

what you’ll need

makes 4 dinner servings or about 3 dozen appetizers

• 3 cups fresh basil
• 4 cloves garlic
• ¾ cup parmesan cheese
• ½ cup olive oil
• ¼ cup pine nuts
• ¼ cup white wine
• 4 halibut steaks
• salt and pepper, to taste
• resealable plastic bag
• baby spinach leaves (if making appetizer skewers)
• 36 skewers (if making appetizers)

let’s do it

pesto

• combine basil, garlic, parmesan, olive oil, and pine nuts in a food processor and mix until smooth
• reserve ¼ cup of pesto for later use

marinade

• combine white wine and prepared pesto in a sealed bag and carefully shake to mix
• add halibut steaks
• seal and refrigerate for 1 hour

to cook halibut

• preheat grill to medium-high
• remove halibut from marinade and place on hot grill, drizzling fish with remaining marinade in bag
• sprinkle with salt and pepper, to taste
• grill 4-5 minutes per side (fish is done when it’s opaque all the way through

if serving as dinner

• brush steaks with reserved pesto sauce and serve

if serving as appetizer

• cut fish into cubes
• slide fish onto skewer then skewer each end with 1 spinach leaf
• brush with reserved pesto sauce