Meet Allison Laffen. She is a friend, a blog reader and a hot lawyer. She is here in Minnesota on an extended vacation from Alaska where she works saving the children of Alaska from lives of crime and abuse. She likes to downplay what she does but personally, I think it is pretty noble and amazing. She also likes to cook. No, this is not a personal ad. Her boyfriend is a cool as she is. Both of them love good food and good adult beverages.
I met Allison through Kevin's friend, Brett Cote, who is her boyfriend and we hang out, cook, eat, drink, discuss politics and party with them whenever they are in Minnesota. One of these times we are going to visit them in Alaska. Allison has been practicing these Alaskan halibut tacos since she had them at a friend's house. You know what they say...practice makes perfect and these tacos were as good or better than the ones we had in Mexico.
She started by putting a huge halibut steak that had been seasoned on a skillet and cooking it until it started to flake.
She had made guacamole that had a kick to it.
As I watched her cook, I couldn't get enough of this smoky salmon dip that Brett had made. Not only did he catch and clean these Alaskan salmon, he also smoked them and make this dip that no one can stop eating.
After the fish was done, Allison broke it up and put some in a flour tortilla with the guacamole and tomato mixture and sprinkled parmesan cheese on top.
Brett is always a happy guy but he looks even happier with a halibut taco in his hand! Definitely a blog-worthy dinner!
