Grilled salted cod with beer, bacon and cabbage

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
4 175 g thick unskinned thick cod
; fillet
50 grams Butter
1 small Savoy cabbage; weighing about 750
; g cored and thinly
; sliced
2 tablespoons Sunflower oil
75 grams Rindless smoked streaky bacon; cut into thin
; strips
1 Onion; finely chopped
1 Garlic clove; very finely chopped
300 millilitres Fresh chicken stock
300 millilitres Pale ale
2 tablespoons Chopped parsley; plus extra to
; garnish
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Sea salt flakes; to serve

Directions

1 Place the cod skin-side down on a plate and sprinkle heavily with salt.

Leave for 20 minutes, rinse the salt off and dry on kitchen paper.

2 Melt 25g/1oz butter, use to brush the cod and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Boil the cabbage in boiling salted water. Drain and refresh under cold running water.

3 Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based pan and fry the bacon on a high heat until crispy and lightly golden. Add the butter, onion and garlic and fry for five minutes until the onion is soft and lightly browned.

4 Add the stock and beer and reduce by ¾ on a high heat. Add the cabbage and butter, cook for five minutes, season, add the parsley and keep warm.

5 Preheat the grill to high and grill the cod for eight minutes on one side, until crisp and cooked through. Put the cabbage onto four large, warmed soup plates. Sprinkle the cod with sea salt, black pepper and parsley, place on top of the cabbage and serve.

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Recipe by: Rick Stein

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