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Cod Baked in a Creamy Herb Sauce

Summary

Yield
Servings
Sourceadapted from The Silver Spoon Cookbook
Prep time30 minutes
RegionItaly

Description

Cod in a Creamy Herb Sauce

This is a simple savory dish suitable for a work night. The sauce is simple enough that you can double it so you have extra to go over rice!

The original recipe calls for perch, but like many dishes for the flaky white fish, the same recipe works fine for cod and haddock and other fish common in New England waters. This recipe has delicate flavors, so I like it best with cod.

Ingredients

12ozCod Fillet
1cDry White Wine
1cHeavy Cream
1TDried Chervil (or parsley)
1⁄4cButter (Unsalted) (cold)
8eaBasil leaves (chopped)

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350.
  2. Smear a little butter in the bottom of an oven-safe serving dish, then put the fish on top.
  3. Stir together the wine, cream, and chervil in a bowl, then pour it over the fish.
  4. Dice the rest of the butter and sprinkle it over the fish.
  5. Sprinkle the chopped basil all around.
  6. Bake about 20 minutes, until the fish is flaky. Serve hot.

Notes

The original recipe called for a heavy sprinkle of bread crumbs, but I saw no value in that. You might. I get dried chervil at Polcari's in Boston's North End. Dried parsley works fine.
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  • By John at 09/27/2020 - 16:23
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