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Use sustainable cod or you could use, haddock, hake or pollock. Get everything prepared before you start and you should be able to pull the dish together in just 15 minutes.

If you want to make this dish meat free, replace the pancetta with 2 tbsp olive oil.

Fish

4 x cod loin fillets (150g each)

25 g butter, softened

Pangrattato

50 g butter

4 slices sour, crusts removed and blitzed to bread crumbs

1/2 lemon, zest

2 sprigs thyme, leaves removed

2 tbsp parsley, leaves picked and chopped

Veg and pasta

100 g pancetta, cubed

350 g fettuccini

100 g sugar snap peas

100 g broccoli florets

1/2 sweetheart cabbage, shredded

1 large carrot, cut into matchsticks

50 ml vegetable or chicken stock

100 g creme fraiche

Preheat the oven to 180C fan. Smear the softened butter onto the underside of each fish fillet. Season with salt on both sides and a little pepper and place on a roasting tray and set aside.

Make the pangrattato.  Melt the butter in a small frying pan, add the breadcrumbs and fry until golden. Remove from the heat, stir in the lemon zest and herbs, tip onto a plate lined with kitchen paper and set aside.

Put a large pan of salted water on a high heat and bring to the boil. Heat a frying pan over a medium low heat and gently cook the pancetta allowing it to release the fat and brown.

Once the water is boiling, add the pasta and cook to pack instructions. Put the fish in the oven and roast for 10 minutes.

Add all the vegetables to the pancetta pan and stir to coat in the bacon fat. Stir fry for a few minutes, add the stock and creme fraiche, turn the heat to low and leave to simmer until the fish comes out the oven.

Drain the pasta, turn the heat up under the vegetables and add the pasta to the veg, use tongs to toss through the veg.

To Serve, In a warm pasta bowls, divide the pasta and veg between the 4 bowls, top with fish and finish with a sprinkle of pangrattato.

Cod with creamy veg and pasta
Cod with veg & pasta
Use sustainable cod or you could use, haddock, hake or pollock. Get everything prepared before you start and you should be able to pull the dish together in just 15 minutes.
If you want a meat free version, replace the pancetta with 2 tbsp olive oil.
5 from 1 vote
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Course Main Course
Servings 4 people
Calories 855 kcal
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Ingredients

Fish

  • 4 x 150g cod loin fillets skinless
  • 25 g butter softened

Pangrattato

  • 50 g butter
  • 4 slices sour dough blitzed to rustic breadcrumbs
  • 1/2 lemon zested
  • 2 sprigs thyme leaves removed
  • 2 tbsp parsley chopped

Veg and pasta

  • 100 g pancetta cubed
  • 350 g fettuccini
  • 100 g sugar snap peas
  • 100 g broccoli florets
  • 1/2 sweetheart cabbage shredded
  • 1 large carrot cut into matchsticks (julienne)
  • 50 ml vegetable or chicken stock
  • 100 g creme fraiche

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180C fan. Smear the softened butter onto the underside of each fish fillet. Season with salt on both sides and a little pepper and place on a roasting tray and set aside.
  • Make the pangrattato.  Melt the butter in a small frying pan, add the breadcrumbs and fry until golden. Remove from the heat, stir in the lemon zest and herbs, tip onto a plate lined with kitchen paper and set aside.
  • Put a large pan of salted water on a high heat and bring to the boil. Heat a frying pan over a medium low heat and gently cook the pancetta allowing it to release the fat and brown.
  • Once the water is boiling, add the pasta and cook to pack instructions. Put the fish in the oven and roast for 10 minutes.
  • Add all the vegetables to the pancetta pan and stir to coat in the bacon fat. Stir fry for a few minutes, add the stock and creme fraiche, turn the heat to low and leave to simmer until the fish comes out the oven.
  • Drain the pasta, turn the heat up under the vegetables and add the pasta to the veg, use tongs to toss through the veg.
  • To Serve, In a warm pasta bowls, divide the pasta and veg between the 4 bowls, top with fish and finish with a sprinkle of pangrattato.

Nutrition

Calories: 855kcalCarbohydrates: 112gProtein: 55gFat: 21gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 4gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 157mgSodium: 689mgPotassium: 1490mgFiber: 8gSugar: 9gVitamin A: 4145IUVitamin C: 81mgCalcium: 229mgIron: 6mg
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