Cod with Parsley Sauce & Mash

Cod with Parsley Sauce & Mash

Recipe:

Cod Fillet

Ingredients:

• 4 tbsp flour
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 2 cod fillets
• 1-2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 1 tsp equal butter cube
• ½ large lemon juice, plus extra lemon wedges, to serve

Method:

• Sprinkle flour onto a plate and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
• Scour the cod fillets in the seasoned flour until completely coated.
• Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat.
• When oil is hot, add coated cod fillets.

• Fry for 3-4 minutes on each side, or until crisp and golden-brown on both sides and cooked through. (NB: The cod is cooked through when the flesh is opaque.)

• When cod is almost cooked through, dot the fillets with butter, then squeeze over lemon.

• When butter has melted, remove pan from heat.
• To serve, spoon a portion of mash into the centre of each of the two serving plates. Place one fried cod fillet on top of each serving. Drizzle over the pan juices, then pour over parsley sauce. Garnish each plate with a lemon wedge & parsley.

Parsley Sauce

Ingredients:

• 1 cup full-fat milk
• Pinch freshly grated nutmeg
• 1 fresh bay leaf
• 3 whole white peppercorns
• 1.5 tbsp butter
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley leaves
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method:

• For parsley sauce, slowly bring milk, nutmeg, bay leaf and white peppercorns to a simmer in a pan. Remove pan from heat and set aside to cool for 8-10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, melt ½ of butter in a pan. Whisk in the flour to create a smooth paste (this is called a roux), then cook, whisking continuously, for one minute, or until the paste has thickened. Remove the pan from heat.
• Strain milk mixture into roux mixture, then whisk well until completely mixed.
• Return this pan to the heat and gradually bring the mixture to boil, whisking continuously, until sauce has thickened enough to coat the back of spoon.
• Stir in remaining ½ of butter until sauce is glossy, then simmer for 2-3 minutes.
• Stir in chopped parsley and season, to taste, with salt and freshly ground black pepper.

Mashed Potatoes

Ingredients:

• 2 large Peeled boiled potatoes
• ½ cup Half-and-half (cream and milk)
• Black pepper, to taste
• Salt, to taste
• 2 tbsp butter

Method:

• Potatoes were mashed with half-and-half (milk & cream), butter, salt and pepper.

~ Bon Appétit