I had so much on to do today that I wanted to make us something really quick and easy for our supper. You can't get much quicker than fish! Cooked properly without too much trouble you can easily be enjoying a lovely piece of fish in less than half an hour! Lemon & Garlic Butter Baked Cod is one of my favorite ways of preparing Cod.
I know I say that all the time when I am cooking fish, but the plain facts are I LOVE FISH, in pretty much any way shape or form and I love eating and cooking it.
Every way is my favorite way! I especially love LOVE Cod. It is so sweet and succulent, very mild flavoured. It lends itself beautifully to all sorts of treatment. I would rather have a good piece of Cod rather than a piece of lobster any day of the week!
We get our Cod from Seafresh. They are online purveyors of quality fish. They have beautiful North Atlantic Cod Loins which are thick, firm and delicately flavoured. I just love them. In all truth I have never had a bad piece of fish from them.
Seafresh has access to some of the best quality products from Britain and around the world, largely due to the good relationships they have fostered with their suppliers since 1996, when they began with the very simple concept of selling high quality frozen foods to their customers right in the comfort of their own homes. I've been enjoying their fabulous products for over a year now and I have to say I have never been disappointed.
I can't say the same thing about shop bought fish. I really can't.
This is a really quick and simple way of preparing fish. It works well with Cod and would probably work with most varieties of fish. It involves seasoning the fish and popping it into a baking dish . . .
Spooning a simple lemon, olive oil and garlic sauce over top, dotting it with cold buter nd a few lemon slices and then baking it to perfection.
It doesn't take long . . . 15 to 20 minutes with thawed fish, maximum to perfection.
The lemon, garlic and butter flavor the fish beautifully and mingle with the juices of the fish to make a fabulously tasty sauce to spoon over top.
Oh my but this is some gorgeous. Quantities are given to serve two people, but it can very easily be doubled to serve more. Its that easy with simple things . . . and this is simple.
I served them with twice baked stuffed potato halves that I had made yesterday and some tenderstem broccoli. This was a fabulously delicious meal, quick and easy and a real husband pleaser.
I just realised I have never given you my recipe for Stuffed Twice Baked Potatoes. I'll have to remedy that!
Lemon & Garlic Butter Baked Cod
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Yield: 2Author: Marie Raynerprep time: 5 Mcook time: 15 Mtotal time: 20 MThis is incredibly easy and so very delicious.
Ingredients:
- 2 cod loin fillets
- 1 TBS extra virgin olive oil
- the juice of one lemon
- 2 cloves of garlic, peeled and minced
- fine sea salt and fresh ground black pepper to taste
- 2 TBS cold butter, diced
- 4 slices of lemon
- chopped parsley to garnish
Instructions:
- Preheat the oven to 200*C/400*F/ gas mark 6. Butter a baking dish large enough to hold the cod fillet in one layer with some space between them for the air to circulate.
- Pat the fish dry with some paper towel. Season all over with salt and black pepper. Place into the dish, top side up.
- Whisk together the lemon juice, olive oil and garlic. Spoon over the fish evenly. Dot the fish with the cold butter. Lay two slices of lemon on top of each fillet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily and is opague. Serve hot, sprinkled with parsley and with some of the pan juices spooned over top.
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Just look at how nicely cooked that is. Tender, moist and flaky. This was one very beautiful piece of fish, thanks to Seafresh.
A few things about Seafresh:
- Same Day dispatch on orders received before 1 PM.
- All packages are carefully hand packed.
- Free delivery on orders above £50, £8 on orders below that amount.
- Responsibly and sustainably sourced.
- Air Blast Frozen at source within 4 hours of being caught.
- Wide variety to choose from.
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