Take advantage of two of summer’s most amazing and delicious bounties — fresh wild salmon (or halibut) and summer produce.
This dish is really called Poached Fish with Summer Vegetable Nage. A nage (pronounce nAH-j) only sounds fancy. It is a poaching liquid made from vegetables, gently cooking and lending their delicious juices, with herbs, fish, white wine, and a bit of either butter or good extra virgin olive oil.
The whole dish flavors itself and becomes a glorious summer one-pot wonder. Easy to put together and make the day before, a nage is perfect for a hot summer Shabbat. Cool and delectable, a summer nage will become your go to hot weather dish. Serve the nage chilled or at room temperature.

One Pot Fish Dinner
Servings
Ingredients
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 2 shallots sliced
- 1 leek green part only, thinly sliced and thoroughly rinsed
- 2 carrots colorful carrots are great here, sliced
- 1 fennel bulb sliced
- 1 pint grape tomatoes colorful works here, sliced in half
- 2 medium zucchini sliced
- 2 garlic cloves sliced
- 2 – inch piece of ginger smashed
- Several thyme tarragon, basil and/or dill sprigs (I love to mix these, the key here is to use fresh)
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 2 cups water
- 4 6-ounce salmon (or halibut) fillets, skinned
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Garnish: fresh chopped fresh herbs drizzle of oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 300°F.
- Heat a large Dutch oven, generously coated with oil, over medium heat. Sweat shallots, leek, carrot, and fennel, stirring occasionally until the vegetables have softened, about 20 minutes.
- Add tomatoes, zucchini, garlic, ginger, herbs, wine, and water and bring to a simmer. Turn off heat and add salmon to the pan, gently pushing the salmon into the vegetables.
- Put Dutch oven into the preheated oven and roast at 300°F, uncovered, for about 10 minutes.
- Cool the dish before gently transferring salmon to a serving platter. Spoon vegetables around onto serving platter with some of the poaching liquid. Discard ginger.
- Garnish with fresh chopped herbs and a good glug of oil.











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