Mains

Cod loins with tomatoes, olives and mozzarella

Source
Probably a DR1 (Danish TV) programme, per the corner note
Oven
200 °C200 °C (400 °F)

Ingredients

  • 700 g cod loins1½ lb cod loins
  • salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste
  • oil, for frying
  • 2 cloves garlic
  • ½ tsp dried red chilli flakes
  • potatoes, cut into chunks
  • 200 g cherry tomatoes7 oz cherry tomatoes
  • 1 dl white wine½ cup white wine
  • mozzarella balls
  • black olives, whole
  • 1 lemon, zest only
  • fresh basil

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200°C.Heat the oven to 400 °F.
  2. Fry the potato chunks in oil in an ovenproof frying pan until golden and almost tender.
  3. Then add the garlic and chilli and fry briefly.
  4. Then add the tomatoes.
  5. Season the fish with salt and pepper, add it to the pan and fry for a few minutes on each side.
  6. Gently stir the vegetables around the fish.
  7. Pour over the white wine, then scatter over the olives and mozzarella.
  8. Bake in the oven for about 20 minutes.
  9. Grate the lemon zest over and scatter with basil before serving.

As she wrote it

Her page in the recipe book
DRI 2 vikur Ungforgóðum
700 gr. þorskhn. salt + pipar olía 2 hv. geirar 1/2 tsk. þurrk. rautt chilli Kartöflur 200 gr. litlir Tóm. 1 dl. hvítvín mozarellakúlur sv. heilar ólífur Börkur af 1 sítr. Ferskt. Basil
Rífa sítrónu + Basil yfir
200°c Kartöflur steikja, svo lauk + chilli… svo tóm. svo fisk salta og pipra steikja nokkrar min. báðum megin hræra í græn m. Hella hvítvíni yfir svo ólífur + mozarella. Baka í ofni 20…