Sunday Night: Steamed Fish with Orach and Spring Garlic

Due to various social events, this weekend had less cooking than usual. Last night's dinner was really the only meal I made.

This week's Minimalist recipe got me thinking in the direction of fish steamed on greens. This was reinforced by the appearance of a bag of orach in our CSA box. Here's what I did:

Thinly sliced green garlic (~1/4 cup)
Orach, cleaned and with the thicker stems removed
white wine (~1/2 cup)
fish fillets (we used mahi mahi)
olive oil
salt, pepper, and cayenne

Sweat the garlic in some olive oil with a bit of salt for a few minutes, until it softens. Add the orach, top with the fish (sprinkled with salt, pepper and cayenne), pour in the white wine, and cover. Set the heat to medium low and steam until the fish is done. Serve with rice to soak up the fabulous purple/pink sauce.

For color/theme contrast, we accompanied this with some broccoli puree with beurre noisette.

mmmmm good. And with a great color!