Salad With Haddock And Apricot Mustard Dressing

Salad is boring. That's what, apparently, many people think, so they despise the green sumptuousness. Oh, but they are so wrong! Salad can be everything but boring; it's what you make out of it.

I've been craving fish and salad for a while now, so I thought "why not put both together?" And as you can see, it works perfectly fine. The biggest challenge was the dressing, though, my weakness, I admit. However, this dressing turned out to be the best I've ever tasted so far and that makes me proud, for sure. Now, on to the recipe.

What you need:

* 200g haddock
* 1 sour apple (Boskoop)
* 1 red pepper
* 200g saladmix
* 2 figs
* bread (optional)
* vegetable stock
* 3 tsp honey
* 2 tsp apricot jam
* 1 tbsp mustard
* 3 tbsp olive oil
* 2 tbsp balsamico vinegar
* salt, black pepper, paprika, oregan
* flour

Even though this is "only" a salad, the preparation needs some time, so I rather not consider it as a "quick meal". Allow some little extra time.

Start with the pepper. Cut it into slices, then heat a bit of olive oil in a frying pan and add the pepper slices. Season with salt, pepper and oregan. Leave them in the pan until they've soften a bit.
Make sure the fish isn't too wet, then season it with salt and pepper and coat with a little flour.
Peel and slice the apples. Heat a little bit of butter in a small pot, then put in the apples. Season with paprika. (This is optional; if you don't have paprika at home, don't bother to buy some) Make sure they don't get burned, then take the slices out and keep 'em warm.
Put in a little bit of water and vegetable stock and heat it. Add the honey, apricot jam, olive oil, balsamico vinegar and the mustard and stir with a whisk. Reduce heat. Season with pepper.
Fry the fish in a little oil until golden on each side.
In the meanwhile, place the washed salad onto a plate, add the pepper, apples and figs. Serve with the hot fish and the dressing and enjoy the not-so-boring salad.

EDIT: I forgot to add that this is enough for 2 people. If you're a hungry person and have it as a full meal like me, I suggest you eat it all x) Or if you serve it as a starter, take half of it for 1 person.

~Vail~