Baked Cod with Pink Cream Sauce
4 servings
30 minutes
Recipe from Svetlana Krotkova's book "I Choose Fish! A Complete Guide to Selection and Cooking from a Third-Generation Fishmonger.

1
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2
Season the cod fillet with salt and pepper on both sides.
- Salt: to taste
- Ground black pepper: to taste
3
Place the fillet in the baking dish.
- Cod fillet: 700 g
4
Pour 100 ml of wine over it, sprinkle with lemon zest, and top with a few lemon slices and a bay leaf.
- Dry pink wine: 300 ml
- Lemon: 0.5 piece
- Bay leaf: 3 pieces
5
Cover the form with foil or baking paper, leaving a small hole for steam to escape.
6
Bake for about 20 minutes.
7
Finely chop shallots or red onion, and mince the parsley.
- Shallots: 2 pieces
- Parsley: 2 sprigs
8
Melt butter in a pan and sauté shallots over low heat until translucent.
- Butter: 20 g
- Shallots: 2 pieces
9
Then add the remaining wine, increase the heat, and let the wine reduce by half.
- Dry pink wine: 300 ml
10
Reduce the heat again and pour in the cream.
- Cream 33%: 200 ml
11
Salt and simmer for 2-3 minutes until desired consistency.
- Salt: to taste
12
Add half of the parsley and remove from heat.
- Parsley: 2 sprigs
13
Pour the finished cod with creamy sauce, sprinkle with fresh parsley and crushed pink pepper — and serve.
- Parsley: 2 sprigs
- Pink pepper: 0.5 teaspoon









