Cod under a white marinade - a detailed recipe

Kitchen appliances and utensils: cooker, two pans, two bowls, a pan and a sieve.

Ingredients

Step cooking

Fish preparation

1. Take 500 g of cod fillet. Even if you bought the fillet, pay attention to the bones that are inside the fibers. It is almost impossible to get them without damaging the integrity of the cod fillet, so they need to be cut with a knife.
   
2. Cut the cleaned fillet into 4 pieces and put in a deep bowl.
   
3. Add salt and black pepper to taste. Sprinkle fish with 1 tsp. lemon juice and 1-2 tbsp. l vegetable oil. The oil will bind the marinade ingredients together, and will not allow the fish to dry.
   

Cooking White Marinade

1. Peel 200 g of celery root from the peel and cut it into strips 1.5-2 mm thick. Try to chop the straws coarsely so that the marinade does not turn into porridge. Preheat the pan, pour 2-3 tbsp into it. l vegetable and put 80 g of butter. Begin to fry celery in it.
   
2. At this time, peel 1 onion and cut it into thin half rings. Peel 30 g of the white part of the leek and cut into thin rings. Thinly chop 10 g of the white part of the young green onion.
   
3. When the celery becomes softer, add slices of different types of onions to the pan and continue to fry for 5 minutes. Add 3 bay leaves to the marinade, 1 tbsp. l sugar and salt to taste. Pour 100 ml of boiling water, add 1 tbsp. l wine red vinegar and continue to simmer until the liquid evaporates. Ready marinade should be discarded on a sieve to excess glass oil.
   

Fry fish

Preheat the fish pan, add 2 tbsp to it. l vegetable and 30 g butter. Bread cod in flour. This can be done right in the bowl in which the fish was pickled. Fry the fish on all sides until golden brown.

Cooking Pate

1. Cook two hard boiled eggs. Put 30 g of cod liver in a separate bowl.
   
2. Take ½ bunch of fresh dill. Cut the thick stalks of dill and chop the remaining dill with a knife, add it to a bowl to the liver.
   
3. Peel the boiled eggs and place them in a bowl to the cod liver. Mash the contents of the bowl with a fork until smooth. Add 1 tbsp. l mayonnaise and stir. The paste is ready.
   

Serving dishes

• In the center of the plate, put 2-3 tbsp. l marinade.
• Put one slice of fried cod on top of the marinade.
• We cover fish 1-2 tbsp. l marinade and repeat the fish layer again.
• Form a paste dumpling and lay it on top. Garnish the dish with a slice of lemon and a sprig of dill. Next put 1 piri-piri pepper. The dish is ready. Enjoy your meal.
  

Video recipe

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