Catfish with Apple-Fennel Salad and Pickled Pearl Onions

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== Description ==
A catfish recipe.
== Ingredients ==
* 4 U.S. farm-raised catfish fillets
* olive oil
* salt and freshly ground pepper to taste 
=== Pickled pearl onions ===
* 1 cup water
* ½ cup rice vinegar
* ⅓ cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
* 2 tablespoons kosher salt
* 1 whole garlic clove
* 1 teaspoon mustard seed
* 1 teaspoon black peppercorns
* 1 teaspoon chopped fresh ginger
* ½ jalapeño pepper, seeded and chopped
* 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil or canola oil
* 1 cup white pearl onions, peeled and cut in half 
=== Apple-fennel salad ===
* ½ cup diced Red Delicious apples
* ½ cup diced Granny Smith apples
* ½ cup diced fennel bulb
* ½ cup mandarin orange sections, cut in half
* ½ cup golden raisins
* 8 teaspoons chopped fennel fronds (tops of the fennel)
== Directions ==
=== Pickled pearl onions ===
# Mix water, vinegar, sugar, salt, garlic, mustard seed, peppercorns, ginger and jalapeño pepper in a medium saucepan.
# Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally until it comes to a simmer and salt and sugar are dissolved. Cool.
# Heat grape seed or canola oil in a small sauté pan over medium-high heat.
# Add onions and sauté until lightly caramelized.
# Add onions to the saucepan with the vinegar mixture.
# Let stand for 1 hour to pickle.
# Strain the onions from the pickling juice and place pickling juice in a small saucepan.
# Simmer for 15 to 20 minutes or until reduced to ½ cup.
# Remove from the heat and set aside.
=== Apple-fennel salad ===
# Toss diced apples, fennel bulb, orange sections and raisins in a small bowl.
# Add 6 tablespoons of the reduced pickling juice and 6 teaspoons of the fennel fronds and stir until combined; set aside.
=== Catfish ===
# Prepare a grill or preheat the broiler.
# Rub catfish fillets with olive oil and season both sides with salt and pepper.
# oil a grill rack or broiler pan rack.
# Grill or broil fillets about 4 inches from the heat source for 2 to 3 minutes on each side, or until flakes easily when tested with a fork.
# Place a small mound of apple-fennel salad on each serving plate.
# Arrange pickled pearl onions on plates and top with grilled catfish.
# Spoon remaining 2 tablespoons pickling juice around plates and sprinkle with remaining 2 teaspoons fennel fronds.
# Drizzle a little olive oil over the plates and serve.
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Category:Catfish Salads
Category:Red Delicious apple Recipes
Category:Granny Smith apple Recipes
Category:Mandarin orange Recipes
Category:Jalapeno pepper Recipes
Category:Golden raisin Recipes
Category:Pearl onion Recipes
Category:Kosher salt Recipes
Category:Fennel Recipes