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.
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Ingredients
Fish
4 x150gcod loin filletsskinless
25gbuttersoftened
Pangrattato
50gbutter
4slicessour doughblitzed to rustic breadcrumbs
1/2lemonzested
2sprigsthymeleaves removed
2tbspparsleychopped
Veg and pasta
100gpancettacubed
350gfettuccini
100gsugar snap peas
100gbroccoli florets
1/2sweetheart cabbageshredded
1largecarrotcut into matchsticks (julienne)
50mlvegetable or chicken stock
100gcreme 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.