Name: Gratin of Cod with Vegetables
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Norwegian
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons breadcrumbs; 2 tablespoons dry grape juice, pomegranate juice or white wine vinegar; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 175 g (6 oz) carrots, finely chopped; 175 g (6 oz) celeriac, roughly grated; 1 tablespoon chopped parsley; 1 teaspoon ground coriander; 1 teaspoon paprika; ¼ teaspoon ground cloves; 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 750 g (1 lb 10 oz) cod fillets, cut into 8 equal pieces; 6 slices of white bread, crusts removed; salt and pepper; 100 g (3½ oz) butter

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Potty!

By Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 2010

About

This is based on a Norwegian dish from the port of Trondheim, right on the Arctic Circle, which is frozen in for the whole of the winter. It was given to me by a client of mine for whom I managed to get an expedited divorce, otherwise she couldn’t have married her new husband because she couldn’t have got into his village north of Trondheim once the ice had come. It’s a dish designed for cod, but you can use haddock, ling or grey mullet for it. Or indeed any firm, white fish.