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Norwegian cod with butter sauce

Norwegian cod with a smooth potato puree with parmesan and a brown butter sauce. So incredibly good!

Cooking time40-50 min
Difficulty levelEasy

Ingredients

Preparation

  • Lightly cure the cod by salting both sides, and leave for 30 minutes.
  • Heat up a pan, and brown the butter for the sauce.
  • Pour in the cream and let it boil for a minute, then mix in the crème fraiche with an immersion blender.
  • Finely chop the chives.
  • Leave to rest on low heat.
  • Peel the potatoes, and boil with bouillon cube until just done.
  • Drain the water and heat the cream and milk while the potatoes are steaming of the rest of the water.
  • Squeeze the potatoes and folk in the milk mixture and the butter in pieces. Add the parmesan and season with salt and nutmeg.
  • Dry the cod and preheat the oven to 120 °C.
  • Finely chop fennel and pour lemon and salt on, mix lightly and leave for at least 20 minutes. 
  • Place the cod in an ovenproof dish and put a little butter on each piece of the cod and season with black pepper. 
  • Put the cod in the oven, and bake until it reaches around 45°C. 
  • Stir the row and chives into the sauce just before plating. 
  • Plate with the mashed potatoes on the bottom of a plate, followed by the cod and fennel.
  • Pour over the sauce when serving.