Fresh Cod Poached in Extra Virgin Olive Oil

This dish is a Mediterranean-style confit of fresh cod, with a simple fresh tomato sauce. Once you have tried the texture and flavor of the fish cooked at low temperature in olive oil, you will always want to use this method for cooking cod.

The olive oil can be strained, refrigerated, and used again for frying squid or other fish. And I would suggest putting the fish in the oil when the fish is cold from the refrigerator, just in case the oil is too hot, so that the fish wil