Cod wrapped in Parma ham with cabbage pesto

Name: Cod wrapped in Parma ham with cabbage pesto
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: salt and freshly ground black pepper; salt and freshly ground black pepper; 4 x 150 g cod pieces; 1 Creamy Cabbage recipe, but without the Parma ham; 1 Creamy Cabbage recipe, but without the Parma ham; iced water; salt; outer green leaves of 1 Savoy cabbage; outer green leaves of 1 Savoy cabbage; 20 g pine nuts; 20 g unsalted butter; a drizzle of olive oil; 4 slices Parma ham; 200 ml extra virgin olive oil; freshly ground black pepper; 30 g freshly grated Parmesan; ½ garlic clove

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Simple to Sensational

By Jun Tanaka

Published 2010

About

Cod works especially well with meats such as chorizo and bacon. For this recipe to work you need to use pieces of cod from a large fish rather than small fillets. The cabbage pesto is delicious tossed with warm pasta.

Ingredients

1 Creamy Cabbage recipe, but without the Parma ham
4 x 150 g cod pieces
salt

Main course
Gluten-free
Sensational

Method

Make the Creamy Cabbage, but without the Parma ham.
To make the pesto, put the pine nuts in a dry frying pan and heat gently until toasted and golden brown all over, Set to one side.
Cook the cabbage leaves in boiling salted water for 5 minutes or until soft, remove with a slotted spoon and plunge into iced water. Drain and squeeze out the excess wate