Cod Fillets with Chilli, Garlic and Capers

Name: Cod Fillets with Chilli, Garlic and Capers (Filetti di Merluzzo all’ Istriana)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: 1 clove garlic, peeled and crushed; 1 onion, peeled and finely sliced; 1 lb (500 g) cod fillets, trimmed, washed and patted dry; juice of 1 lemon, strained; ½ dried red chilli pepper, rubbed lightly between your palms to release the oils (remember to wash your hands afterwards); 1 tablespoon capers, drained, washed and dried; 2 sardines canned in oil; 1 small potato, peeled and grated; 4 tablespoons fish stock; 1 handful parsley, chopped; 4 tablespoons olive oil; salt and pepper

Filetti di Merluzzo all’ Istriana

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Italian Regional Cookery

By Valentina Harris

Published 1990

About

This recipe from Friuli Venezia Giulia uses very unusual ingredients for the area. It is not usual to find ingredients that are so typical of the south so far north and so close to the Austrian and Yugoslavian borders. But the main thing about it is that it tastes so good!

Ingredients

1 lb (500 g) cod fillets, trimmed, washed and patted dry
1 onion, peeled and finely

Europe
Italy
Fish course
Pescatarian
Spicy
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Mediterranean
Gluten-free

Method

Place the cod in a heavy-bottomed saucepan and cover with the onion, garlic, parsley and oil. Season with salt and pepper and cook gently over a low heat for about 12 minutes. Remove from the saucepan with a fish slice and arrange on a warmed platter; keep warm.

Chop the capers very finely, add them to the oil remaining in the saucepan and stir. Trim and chop the sardines and add them t