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Norwegian Cod with Red Wine Sauce

If you pan-fry the Norwegian cod, then bake it in the oven you get a fish that is moist on the inside with a nice crust on the outside.

Cooking time50-60 min
Difficulty levelMedium
Rating4/5

Ingredients

2kgNorwegian cod fillet
2tbspsalt
4tbspbutter
2tbspoil

Potato and celery mash

500galmond potato
500gceleriac
2dlwhole milk
1dldouble cream
1tbspbutter
salt and white pepper

Red wine sauce

2pcsshallots
3dlred wine
200gbutter
salt and pepper

Vegetables

1pcscarrot
1pcsroot parsley
1pcscourgettes, yellow
2pcstomatoes

Preparation

  • Preheat the oven to 170 °C.
  • Sprinkle salt on the cod and leave for approx. 15 minutes.
  • Rinse off the salt, dry the cod with a paper towel and cut into even servings.
  • Pan-fry the cod with skin side down in butter and oil for approx. 2 minutes.
  • Place the fish skin side up on a baking tray with baking paper.
  • Bake in the oven for approx. 5 minutes right before serving.

Potato and celery mash

  • Peel potatoes and celeriac, dice and cook tender in unsalted water.
  • Drain well and let the vegetables steam off.
  • Mash the vegetables and add milk and cream until a thick, not too firm mash.
  • Add butter, and taste with salt and pepper.

Red wine sauce

  • Finely chop shallot and cook with red wine until the wine reduced to almost nothing.Whisk inn butter in small dices.
  • The sauce can not be boiling while whisking inn the butter, then it will separate.
  • Taste with salt and pepper, and strain the sauce if you don't want the shallots.

Vegetables

  • Cut the vegetables in dices, and cook carrot, root parsley and zucchini in lightly salted water.
  • Strain off the water and mix with the tomato dices.

Serving

  • Serve the cod with the potato and celery mash, red wine sauce and vegetables.