Watch out – He’s getting creative with the halibut.

Very simple ingredients of oil, balsamic, walnuts and fish.

I can be a bit of a feckin’ ejit. That’s Irish colloquial for fool. My favourite seafood on the planet is halibut. I laid my hands on two beautiful filets of that fine flatfish. I had little or no ideas what to do and less ingredients in the fridge. So, I decided it was a good time for me to be ‘creative’.

I have spent over 30 years  in the communications business. At this stage, I know myself pretty well. I can be a pretty creative guy. However, one needs to work at developing creative ideas within certain boundaries. If one does this and focusses on deep thinking rather than the process, one can get great results. I know that it’s not a great sign when I make a conscious decision to ‘be creative’. It usually ends up in some half-baked notion being presented. So, when I decided to cook Halibut with Walnuts and Balsamic Dressing, we could have been in for trouble.

The ingredients list is above under the photo. Not much to it. Break up the walnuts in a pestle and mortar.

Lovely walnuts getting gently crushed. Hopefully, my idea would be a winner.

Combine the oil and vinegar. This sets up a decent shot.

Olive oil and balsamic vinegar in a pleasant pouring shot. Creative enough so far…

Add the walnuts and jiggle the oil and vinegar with a fork to combine them a bit.

Add in the walnuts to the dressing, then jiggle with a fork. I like that word, jiggle.

Dredge the fish in seasoned flour.

Dredging the fish in lightly seasoned flour. Not particularly creative.

Fry it. I did it in a mixture of oil and butter. I should have fried it in clarified butter.

My favourite fish frying in the pan. No need of any creativity to make this excellent.

I think I got the pan temperature just a little too hot. Still the fish was extremely tasty.

Wife prepared some courgette, garlic and cheese things to go with the fish.

The fish with the dressing was delicious and, for once, my ‘creativity’ turned out a decent dish. The Wife also excelled with the courgette, garlic and cheese things. I don’t know what else to call them. All in all a win for ‘getting creative’. Even if it’s a rarity.