Braised cod with autumn vegetables

Photo: Jakob Fridholm/imagebank.sweden.se

 

Braised cod with autumn vegetables, shallots and horseradish
Main
10
 

Ingredients
Cod:
  • 600g cod fillets with skin
  • 100g butter
  • Salt and pepper
  • 3dl (1½ cup) fish stock
Vegetables:
  • 500g of mixed vegetables (cabbage, onion, beans), trimmed
  • 2-3 shallots, finely chopped
  • 50g (1¾ oz) butter
  • salt and pepper
Horseradish sauce:
  • 2 shallots, chopped
  • 1dl (½ cup) white wine
  • 2dl (1 cup) fish stock
  • 4dl (2 cups) cream
  • 1dl (½ cup) horseradish, finely grated
  • maybe a little vinegar
Potatoes:
  • 500g potatoes, freshly cooked, hot
  • butter, 100%, clarified
  • parsley, chopped

Instructions
Cod:
  1. Dry off the cod fillets with a paper towel.
  2. Heat a large skillet; season the fillets with salt and pepper. Add the fish, skin side down, cook until the skin has a golden color.
  3. Turn the fish, pour in the fish stock and braise a few minutes. Serve immediately with autumn vegetables and horseradish sauce.
Vegetables:
  1. Boil the vegetables in salted water for 4-5 minutes. Cool.
  2. Sweat shallots in butter; add the vegetables and sauté until they are tender but not cooked through.
  3. Season with salt and pepper.
Horseradish sauce:
  1. Boil shallots, white wine and fish stock; reduce to 1½dl (¾ cup).
  2. Mix in the cream and boil to simmer texture.
  3. Spice with horseradish, salt and pepper (maybe a little vinegar).
Potatoes:
  1. Sling the hot and cooked potatoes in the clarified butter without letting them turn color, turn in the chopped parsley and serve immediately.