Aishling Moore: Turn simple ingredients into a special halibut dish with confit garlic and chilli butter

This weekend I’m sharing a confit garlic and chilli butter that’ll transform the simplest of ingredients into a very special plate of food

Sat, 14 Nov, 2026 - 01:02
Aishling Moore
Aishling Moore
Aishling Moore is head chef and co-owner of Goldie, the award-winning seafood restaurant in Cork city. A pioneer of gill-to-fin cooking in Ireland, and author of cookbook The Whole Catch, she's won multiple awards for her cooking and writing.

Having a good compound butter stashed in the fridge or freezer is one sure way of guaranteeing a flavoursome meal in a flash.

This weekend I’m sharing a confit garlic and chilli butter that’ll transform the simplest of ingredients into a very special plate of food.

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