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Fish Fillet with Tahitian Vanilla Sauce
The recipe for a deliciously exotic dish: Fish fillet with Tahitian Vanilla Sauce!
Course
Main
Cuisine
Tahitian
Prep Time
10
minutes
Cook Time
20
minutes
Total Time
30
minutes
Servings
4
Author
Recipe adapted from Tahiti Vanille
Ingredients
4
fillets of Ocean Perch
Seabass or Mahi Mahi
1
shallot
250
ml
– 1 cup heavy cream
Butter
80
ml
– 1/3 cup dry white wine
1
tsp
beef bouillon
2
tsp
vanilla extract
¼
vanilla bean pod
slit in half
Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
In a pan, lightly fry the fish fillets in butter until golden brown. Remove the fish from pan and keep warm.
Lightly sauté the shallots in the pan with butter. Make sure not to brown them.
Add two teaspoons of vanilla extract. Promptly add one teaspoon of beef bouillon and the white wine. Stir until dissolved.
Slowly mix in the cream, scrape the vanilla bean pod and add it to the sauce.
Season with salt and pepper to taste.
Let it cook for a few minutes, until it thickens a little.
Serve the warm fish fillets and the vanilla sauce on the side, along with steamed vegetables and/or jasmine rice.