What dishes can you cook with cod fillets

Cod is found in the temperate latitudes of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Near the coast of Europe, it meets from the island of Spitsbergen to the Bay of Biscay. This is the first sea fish that a man has learned to catch. What is so valuable about this breed? It refers to the so-called "lean" fish. What does it mean? That all the animal fat accumulates in the liver. The organ sometimes reaches a weight of one kilogram! Cod liver is highly valued for its taste, and also because it is rich in vitamins D and A. As for the whole carcass, the following are the recipes for how to cook delicious cod fillets.

By its taste, the meat of this fish is in no way inferior to the meat of other inhabitants of the seas. From it you can cook an ear, make snacks and second dishes, and you can bake on a grill or put on minced meat. But before thinking about what to cook from cod fillets, it is necessary to learn some common secrets of processing this fish. Put the carcass for a few minutes in cold water, slightly acidified with lemon juice. When cooking, do not remove the skin, and do not remove the tail and fins. The less you make holes in the fish, the less it will boil. It is worth it just to thoroughly wash and scrape off the black film inside.

But if you want to fry fish, you need to cut the carcass to get the fillets of cod. To do this, cut the fins, head and tail, and then carefully along the ridge, starting from the tail part, carefully remove the skin. Then separate the tender meat from the spine. With the cod you need to keep an eye out and know the measure: if you digest your ear, then it will have a bitter taste, and if you overcook, the fish will come out tasteless and dry. And now we start to cook.

The recipe "The Golden Bottom" offers half a kilo of cod fillet cut into portions, season with spices and salt, roll in flour, lay on a baking tray, sprinkle with lemon juice. On top put the onion, cut into large rings, pour mayonnaise (100 g). The next layer - canned corn (enough and one can). At the very top should be grated cheese. The pan is sent to a pre-heated oven for 180 minutes for 20 minutes.

But how can I make a hot snack from cod. Cut the fillets into small pieces. Fry this fish mass on a melted butter for about a quarter of an hour on a small fire, constantly interfering. Separately make the sauce: bechamel, orangez or another. Put the fish in the scam, pour the sauce and bake until cooked in the oven.

And here is the recipe, how to cook Basque cod fillets. In a frying pan with high sides, lay the sliced potatoes (half a kilo), finely chopped onions and carrots. On this "pillow" of vegetables arrange cut into pieces fillets. Sprinkle with spices for fish and salt, pour a glass of cream and stew for about 20 minutes under the lid. After that, get the fish, crumbled into very small pieces (it will not be difficult - the flesh itself will crumble). Pour cream, beat the yolk and mash into a smoothie. Spread the mass back into the pan. Sprinkle with grated cheese and send to bake in the oven until ruddy.

And finally a recipe for cutlets from cod fillets. We pass it through a meat grinder or finely cut with a knife, add crushed onions, melted cheese and a milk roll soaked in milk. Solim and pepper to taste. Now it remains only to form cutlets, roll them in flour or breadcrumbs and fry in vegetable oil.

Bon Appetit!