Mediterranean-style Cod Fish Fillet

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 600 g cod fish fillets
• 5 g thyme leaves
• salt and pepper
• 5 g plain flour
• 20 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• 10 g capers (optional)
• 20 g basil leaves, chopped coarsely
• 200 g cherry tomatoes, halved
• 50 ml fish stock
• 4 tablespoons tomato puree
• 20 g pitted black olives
• 20 g parsley, chopped
• 5 g parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 wash the codfish fillet and pat dry with kitchen towels.
• 2 toss the fillet with the thyme leaves, salt and pepper.
• 3 sprinkle the flour over the fillet.
• 4 heat the olive oil in a pan and very quickly pan-fry the fillet.
• 5 dish out.
• 6 remove half of the cooking oil and add the chopped garlic, capers, basil and cherry tomatoes.
• 7 add the fish stock all at once (this will produce a stream of light smoke and this method is called deglazing) and allow to simmer to half the quantity.
• 8 add the tomato puree and mix well before adding the black olives.
• 9 sprinkle in the chopped parsley.
• 10 arrange the fish fillet on a platter and spoon the sauce over it.
• 11 serve with sauteed potatoes and seasonal vegetables.