Cod with Potatoes and Anchovy Sauce

Name: Cod with Potatoes and Anchovy Sauce
Yield: Serves six
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 1 onion, peeled and sliced; 750 g (1 lb 10 oz) large and long potatoes, washed very well; 8 anchovy fillets; 3 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced; 25 g (1 oz) butter; sea salt; 1 tablespoon finely chopped chives; 1 kg (2 lb 4 oz) cod fillet; 1 bay leaf; 200 ml (7 fl oz) (double) cream; a few sprigs of thyme; 150 ml (5 fl oz) dry white wine; 1 cod head or similar quantity of white fish bones

Preparation info

Serves
six

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

A Long and Messy Business

By Rowley Leigh

Published 2018

About

These may be simple clear flavours but the silky sauce gives the dish a sophisticated edge.

Ingredients

750 g (1 lb 10 oz) large and long potatoes, washed very well
25

Europe
United Kingdom
Dinner
Pescatarian
June
England

Method

Lay the potatoes in the top section of a steamer full of well-salted water and steam for 20–25 minutes, taking them off when they are still undercooked. Allow to cool.

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F, Gas Mark 4) and line a baking tray with baking parchment.

Melt the b