Cod with peas and parsley

This recipe makes an absolutely delicious cod dish.  The key is to cook the everything as gently as possible.  First to infuse the garlic flavour into the oil and then to release the juices from the cod.  This produces a delicate and flavoursome sauce.

Serve as a starter or as a supper dish.

Preparation Time: 10 Mins

Cooking Time: 15 Mins

Total Time: 25 Mins

Ingredients

For 4 servings…

100 ml             Olive oil    

5 cloves            Garlic  - sliced thinly  

1 tsp               Flour        

50 ml              Wine  - white          

200 ml             Stock  - fish

100 gms           Peas  - frozen          

1 bunch            Parsley  - flat-leaf, chopped     

1 kg                Cod  - cut into 4 pieces

                     Pepper  - freshly ground, white 

                     Salt          

Method

Put the olive oil and garlic in a large, cold frying pan and place over a medium heat.  When the garlic starts to turn gold, add the flour, cook it for a minute and then add the white wine - stirring all the time.  Add the fish stock, a little at a time, stirring constantly to make a smooth sauce.

Add the peas and chopped parsley and bring to the boil.

Season the cod fillets and then place them in the pan, skin-side down, and reduce the heat to low.Cook the fillets for 3 minutes, shaking the pan gently to release the juices from the fish.  At the end of that time, turn over the fillets and cook for a further 4 minutes.

Serve the cod with the sauce.

Wine recommendations

A good white wine.

Conventional

     Burgundy blanc

Interesting

     Pessac-Léognan blanc

     Riesling

     Rully blanc