Cod with Burst Grape Tomatoes, Parsley-Mint Pesto Broth and Roast Fingerling Potato Crisps with Herbs

Rachael Ray

Recipe courtesy Rachael Ray

Show: 30 Minute MealsEpisode: Cosmopolitan Lifestyle

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Total Time:
30 min
Prep
10 min
Cook
20 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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This meal turns my kitchen into a country-cosmo-bistro. This is a great date meal to make for any special someone in your life and it easily adjusts from four servings down to just the two or you!

Ingredients

Potato Crisps:

Fish:

  • 1 3/4 to 2 pounds thick cod fillet, cut into 4 portions (buy thick center cuts of fillet for this dish rather than pieces which include thin ends to fillets)
  • 1/2 lemon, juiced
  • Salt
  • Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
  • 1/2 pint whole grape tomatoes

Broth:

  • 1/2 cup flat-leaf parsley, a couple of handfuls
  • 1/4 cup mint leaves, a handful
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 small shallot or 1/2 large shallot, coarsely chopped
  • Salt and pepper
  • 4 tablespoons light in color and weight olive oil or vegetable oil, for frying
  • 4 cloves garlic, gently cracked from skin and very thinly sliced

Directions

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.

Preheat oven safe skillet over high heat or wrap rubber handles in double layers of foil to protect the surface in the oven.

Prick the potatoes 3 or 4 times each with a fork and cook them in the microwave on high for 5 minutes.

Pat cod dry and squeeze a little lemon juice over it and season with salt. Drizzle fish with extra-virgin olive oil.

When potatoes cool just enough to handle, slice them into 1/4-inch pieces lengthwise. Coat them with extra-virgin olive oil and salt and pepper. Arrange them on a cookie sheet in a single layer and roast them for 20 minutes. Do not move them or turn them as they cook. Chop tarragon, chives and parsley and combine and reserve.

Add cod seasoned side down to very hot skillet. Sear it 2 minutes, then drizzle the tomatoes with extra-virgin olive oil and season them with salt and pepper and add them to the fish. Sear tomatoes 1 minute, then transfer the pan to the oven and roast the fish and tomatoes 8 minutes until fish if firm and opaque and tomatoes have all burst.

Place parsley, mint, chicken stock and shallot in food processor or blender and puree. Transfer to small sauce pot and bring to a simmer. Season the broth with salt and pepper, to your taste.

Heat the light frying oil in small skillet over medium heat. Add sliced garlic to the hot oil and let it fry until crisp and golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes. Drain garlic chips on a paper towel and reserve.

When the potatoes are very brown and crisp on the bottom side and tender on the top side, remove. Coat sliced potatoes liberally with the chopped herbs.

Pour warm pesto broth onto each dinner plate.

Remove the fish from the oven. The bottom should be crisp and brown. Turn the fish over to place the crispy side up in pools of parsley-mint broth. Arrange the herb potato slices and tomatoes decoratively around the fish. Top the dish off with a scattering of garlic crisps and serve. (You could get $40 a head for this plate! Nice!)

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  • on July 15, 2011

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    I am a big fan of RayRay's and I have prepared many of her meals, but this was not among my favorite. I think it's just that I am not a fan of cod. Tomatoes were great with the garlic chips!

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  • on January 24, 2011

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    Yum. I will probably make this dish again. I used golden potatoes and they were delicious.

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  • on December 17, 2010

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    This was a nice change from our usual fish recipes. I enjoyed the parsley-mint pesto broth.

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