Roast Cod with Dressed Crab Mash and Lobster Sauce

Name: Roast Cod with Dressed Crab Mash and Lobster Sauce
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1.5 kg floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper or King Edward; 1.5 kg floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper or King Edward; 1.5 kg floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper or King Edward; 100 ml single cream; 50 g butter; a squeeze of lemon juice; 1 dressed crab; sea salt and black pepper; sea salt and black pepper; 1 onion, finely chopped; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 415 g tin of lobster bisque; 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; ½ lemon; 2 tablespoons finely chopped chives; olive oil; 6 x 150-200 g thick cod fillets, skin on; 1 tablespoon tomato purée; a good splash of brandy; 2 tablespoons single cream; 4 tomatoes, quartered, deseeded and diced

Preparation info

Serves
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

In the Mood for Entertaining

By Jo Pratt

Published 2009

About

To make life less manic, prepare the mash and sauce as early as you can and set aside to finish off at the last minute. That leaves the cod. Well, all you need to do is put it in the oven - simple. If you fancy a vegetable to serve with this, some wilted spinach or tenderstem broccoli would go really well.

Ingredients

For the Mash

1.5 kg floury potatoes, such as Maris Piper or King Edward
50 g

Fish course
Dinner
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the oven to 200°C/fan 180°C/gas 6.

Peel the potatoes, cut into large, equal-sized chunks and rinse under the tap. Cook in boiling salted water until tender. Drain well and mash with the butter and a couple of tablespoons of the cream until smooth. This ca