Food Monday ~ Italian Cooked Cod
Italian Cooked Cod
Serves 4 preheat oven to 190ºC
4 Cod fillets*
2×15 ml sp Olive Oil
1 med Onion chopped
2 cloves Garlic crushed
14oz can Tomatoes chopped
5oz Mushrooms sliced
1×15ml sp freshly chopped Basil
Juice of half a lemon
8 Black Olives
Salt & Black Pepper
Heat the oil in a saucepan and fry the onion until soft. Add the garlic, tomatoes and season with salt & black pepper. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add the mushrooms and simmer for a further 10 minutes until the sauce thickens and then stir in the basil. Place the fish in an ovenproof dish, season & sprinkle with a little lemon juice. Spoon the sauce over the fish and place in the centre of a preheated oven for 25 minutes.
Serve with boiled potatoes and a green salad.
* Any white fish will do if cod is not available.



