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Pan-Seared Cod with Crushed Potatoes and Lemon Caper Butter
Cod fried in a hot pan and finished with foaming lemon-caper butter over crushed new potatoes and green beans.
- Total
- 30 min
- Hands on
- 20 min
- Serves
- 2
- Method
- hob
- Cuisine
- European
Per serving · estimated
- Energy
- 520 kcal
- Protein
- 38 g
- Fat
- 25 g
- Carbs
- 35 g
Method
Step 1 of 10
Halve the new potatoes and put them in a saucepan of cold salted water.
New potatoes
Salt
Step 2 of 10
Bring to the boil and simmer for 13 minutes until the potatoes are fork tender.
- New potatoes
What ‘ready’ looks like Step 3 of 10
Trim the green beans and drop them into the potato pan for the last 4 minutes.
Green beans
Step 4 of 10
Meanwhile pat the cod dry and season both sides with salt and pepper.
Cod fillets- Salt
Black pepper
Step 5 of 10
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over medium-high heat until it shimmers.
Olive oil
Step 6 of 10
Lay the cod in the pan and fry for 4 minutes without moving it.
- Cod fillets
Step 7 of 10
Turn the fish, add the butter, capers and the juice of half the lemon, and spoon the foaming butter over for 2-3 minutes until the flesh flakes and reaches 63 °C.
- Cod fillets
Butter
Capers
Lemon
What ‘ready’ looks like Step 8 of 10
Drain the potatoes and beans well.
- New potatoes
- Green beans
Step 9 of 10
Crush the potatoes roughly with a fork, spooning over a little of the pan butter, and season.
- New potatoes
- Butter
- Salt
Step 10 of 10
Chop the parsley, scatter over the fish and serve with the remaining lemon cut into wedges.
Flat-leaf parsley- Lemon
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