Ever since I retired, I have picked up cooking as a new hobby. Here is one the better recipes I have come up with:
Nut Crusted Mahi with Vanilla Rum Butter Sauce
Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 40 minutes
Serves: 4
4- 4 ounce pieces of Mahi
1/2 cup Roasted unsalted Macadamia nuts
Sesame oil
1/4 cup Panko Breading
1/2 cup Flour
salt
black pepper
Grind Macadamia nuts in a food processor, and mix with Panko, salt, pepper, and Flour
Rub fish with sesame oil, and then roll the fish in the breading mix. Place on a baking sheet, and bake for 35 minutes at 375 degrees. Fish coating should be brown.
1 shallot sliced thin
2 tsp vanilla extract-pure
1/8 cup white wine (cheap will do)
1/4 cup Rum (cheap rum will do)
ΒΌ cup granulated sugar
1cup heavy cream
1- 4oz stick of unsalted butter (room temp)
Place the rum, shallots, white wine, sugar and vanilla extract into the sauce pan and stir
Place the pan on the stove with high heat and bring to a boil
Reduce heat, simmer until the mixture starts to thicken
Add the heavy cream and reduce by 1/2
Turn off the heat and whisk in the softened butter