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Speaking of chocolate, I’m about to make you cringe..An oven baked haddock in a white chocolate stream. Oh yes!

The white chocolate sauce is sweet so only a small amount under your fish is plenty. Ted did want a little more just barely dripped over the topped of his fish. For me, about 1 to 2 TBS under the haddock was perfect.

Oven Baked Haddock in a White Chocolate Stream (Serves 4)

FISH:

2 Large Eggs
1 TBS milk
6 TBS Nut powder (You simply take your favorite nuts and place in food processor. Grind to a powder.* Be careful not to grind for too long or you’ll end up with “Nut Butter”!)
1lb – 1.3 lbs Fresh Haddock Filet
1 TBS olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

WHITE CHOCOLATE STREAM:

1 shallot, minced
1 TBS olive oil
1 clove garlic, minced
1/3 cup Vegetable Broth
1/2 cup Half and Half (I used Fat Free. The nutrition calculations below are for full fat half and half)
1/4 cup Evaporated Milk (refrigerate the unused portion and make some really yummy dessert!)
1 TBS white chocolate
salt and pepper to taste

Preheat the oven to 375F. Beat the eggs and the milk together in a dish. In a separate dish, place the nut powder and add salt and pepper. Coat fish with the eggs then dip in the nut powder. NOTE: The coating will BARELY cover the fish. It is simply to enhance flavor not to similate a batter (lets keep it healthy, Guys!). Heat the oil in frying pan on medium heat. When the oil is hot, add fish and cook about 2 minutes per side. This depends on the thickness of your haddock fillet.

Remove the fish to a foil lined baking dish for easy clean up and finish in the oven for about 8 minutes. Serve over the White Chocolate Stream and arrange a green vegetable (such as oven roasted brussel sprouts) along both sides (the “grassy” shores ).

Instructions for the W.C. Stream:

Cook the shallots in olive oil over medium high heat about 2 minutes. Add the garlic and cook one more minute. Add the broth and let boil for 3 minutes. Add the half and half and the evaporated milk and boil for another 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add the chocolate, stirring until it melts.