Chef Thomas Keller's Halibut and Petit Pois a la Francaise | Halibut with Braised English Peas

Today, I made fish and petit pois a la francaise, something that I learned from Chef Thomas Keller's masterclass. Petit pois a la francaise directly translates to small peas, done in the French way. I found this dish to be very elegant so I had to give it a try.

I've only made a couple changes from the original recipe, like skipping on roux, using guanciale instead of bacon, adding gnocchi and using half fish stock and half guanciale stock.

This is yet another classic dish from Chef Thomas Keller. As I am making it, I thought the preparation of this dish is very well thought of.

Another thing I am always surprised when I make his recipes is that from the looks of it, it feels like the sauce will be heavy and strong. If I taste the sauce itself, it has a strong flavor and great depth. When it is paired with protein he chooses to pair with, however, it does not cover the taste of the protein at all. I felt this way when I tried his Sauce Supreme recipe. The sauce itself was the richest and strongest sauce surpreme I've ever had, but when I had it with chicken, it had a perfect balance. I could taste the chicken and all the garnishes. The sauce acted exactly how it's supposed to, improving the dish, not covering it.

Happy to say I learned and tried something I have not before!

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[sofypartida]

Thanks I lot, I loved your technique.

[jlntpy]

Looks very good. Don't want to be an arse, but clean the set protein, where the sous vide pack seam hits the halibut, it forms an edge. Gives you a neater presentation

[푸르릉-dh]

먹어보고싶습니다 ㅜ 근데 신맛이 들어가는걸 못봤는데 안느끼하신가요오 ?

[markkohls]

Nice video & AWESOME dish! I have created this (without the gnocchi), HOWEVER it is IMPOSSIBLE to recreate without ingredient amounts (perhaps I missed them here). Go check out Thomas Keller for complete recipe using Turbot instead of Halibut. Halibut I would think might be just as good... maybe better.

[craigbritz]

It looks really rich and crappy, Grilled halibut with some stir fried vegetables, sauteed potatoes and a simple butter sauce would have been so much better.