Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Roasted Cod with Zucchini and Plum Tomato "Scales"

This is one of those dishes that look complicated and impress guests, but really it's quite simple.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
Using a firm white fish (I used Cod) cut evenly sized fillets (between 6 and 8 oz. is standard). Place the fillets on a baking sheet that has a light coat of olive oil on it. Salt and pepper the fillets and drizzle a small amount of olive oil over the surface.
Next, slice a small zucchini and a couple small plum tomatoes into thin discs as shown below.

Then arrange the discs, overlapping each piece, in neat rows.










Lay down a row of zucchini, and then a row of tomato and repeat until the whole fillet is covered.
Now sprinkle a small amount of fresh thyme over each decorated fillet and drizzle a little more olive oil over the fillets. Salt and pepper the vegetables on top of the fillets.
The fish will look something like this. Now put in the oven and bake for around 15 minutes. Pull out and place under a broiler for a few more minutes until the vegetables get a little browned. Be sure to watch very carefully at this point.
Here they are all packed and ready to go out to my delivery client. It's been served with a white bean salad and few drops of pesto. You could use store bought pesto, or make some basil oil by just food processing some basil and olive oil together.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

this looks great Olivia, and I love cod!