Thursday, February 18 Kitchen Mess | Cod with Cream

I don't know about you, but one of my favorite things to eat and make is cod with cream, here in Portugal is a very well known meal, and one of the most easy to make.


You'll need:
200g of Codfish, 100ml of Cream, 200ml of White Sauce, 500g of Cube Fries, 1/2 Onion, 1 Garlic Clove, Dash of Olive Oil, Salt, Pepper, Breadcrumbs


Preparation:
To be honest, most of the time I only use the measures above as a guide line, you can follow them or do as I do
and impersonate or inner chef! I tend to leave the codfish in warm water overnight, but it depends in the kind of codfish you use, mostly I use one that comes already shredded.

First thing you do is cut the onion and garlic to a pan, and then add the salt (if needed, because codfish can be a little salty) and pepper and let them be until the onion becomes a translucent. In the meantime you can start frying your fries (I use frozen ones, but you can cut yours) and shredding your codfish (if not shredded yet).
When it's all done you just have to add everything to prep done with the onion: first the codfish and let cook until there's no water, then you add the fries, the cream and the white sauce and mix in (you can do this last part with the stove off).

After all is mixed pour into a serving dish and powder with some breadcrumbs (some people and cheese to it) and bake in the oven until the breadcrumbs are a gold-ish color, and voilà!

I actually made my own white sauce, it's easy and you can follow the recipe below if you want to make your own, although I have to warn you, this measure is not 200ml.

You'll need:
3dl of Milk, 1 tablespoon of Unsalted Butter, 1 table spoon of all purpose Flour, Nutmeg, Salt, Pepper


Preparation:
Melt the butter with the flour in a low heat and mix it until it's combined. And the milk (at room temperature) all at once and mix until you no longer see crumbs of the previous mixture, then you can season with the nutmeg, salt and peeper, and keep stirring until it starts getting thick.

Take it from the stove. And it's done!

Hope you enjoy it and give it a try.