Basic cod cooking

**Lloydy** · 17-10-2006, 21:03

Looking for a nice tasty cod dish. I've got several nice fillets ready. Bake, fry, make batter ? I do fancy making fish cakes

Someone suprise me ?

**Livid** · 18-10-2006, 01:00

I got a couple of smoked cod fillets out of tesco today, it's a bit boring just steaming it and serving with potatoes, not sure what i'll do.. might grill it instead and add some peppers and onions. I ain't exactly materchef.

**mattie 1** · 18-10-2006, 01:11

Originally Posted by Livid

I got a couple of smoked cod fillets out of tesco today, it's a bit boring just steaming it and serving with potatoes, not sure what i'll do.. might grill it instead and add some peppers and onions. I ain't exactly materchef.

deep fry in batter mixed with lager.lemon juice

**smiley73** · 18-10-2006, 01:21

easy peasy....

cut the cod into steaks, approx 1-2 inch thick (better towards the two).

cut some bull tommato's into thick(ish)slices.. arrange nests/rings of three slices, with a little space between each nest in a large earthen-wear dish.

place each cod steak on top of one nest/ring, with a good seasoning of sea-salt and freshly ground black pepper .
top the cod with fresh bazil leaves and a sprinkling of fresh tyme.

add a slice or two of the tommato to top of each steak and some chopped black olives (optional).. and then several shavings of parmesan. spinkle with paprikka.

pour over a good drizzle of olive oil to eack steak and grill for approx 15 mins on a medium heat, until cooked.

serve with buttered fresh pasta (llinguini's nice) and drizzle whole dish(es) with a teaspoon of pesto, diluted in olive oil left in the cooking dish.

cod provencal

p.s a few strands of saffron on the cod before topping/grilling is really nice if you are a saffron fan.

serve with chilled chardonay, tesco's own shraz or the humble larger

**Livid** · 18-10-2006, 01:30

Originally Posted by mattie 1

deep fry in batter mixed with lager.lemon juice

cheers matey, now i just need to know how to make a good batter.

**Jamie Donnelly** · 18-10-2006, 08:01

2 cups of plain flour,

300ml of beer
300ml of fizzy water.

you need to flour the cod before battering it.

dont let the batter rest, make it and use STRAIGHT AWAY!!!

Jamie

Audrey S · 18-10-2006, 21:28

Parcel baked curried cod

For 2 people

100g rice
1/2 tsp tumeric
A thumb sized piece of fresh ginger, peeled and grated
2/3 tbsp curry paste
Zest and juice of a lemon
Coriander, finely chopped
2 x 200g fillets of cod

1: Preheat the oven to 200 * C

2: Boil the rice and tumeric until the rice is just cooked. Mix the ginger, curry paste, lemon and coriander in a pan with 2 tbsp of water and simmer for a couple of minutes. Season the fish with salt and smear the curry paste all over it.

3:Tear off 2 sheets of greaseproof paper about 18 inches square, place half the rice on each one, placing the fish on top, then fold the paper up to make a parcel, leaving a bit of space around the rice and fish.

4:Bake the parcels for 12-15 minutes or until the fish is cooked through.

5: Serve onto a plate , or to save washing up, eat it straigth from the paper.

Regards

Ubd