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Spanish garlic fish

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  • 2 cloves garlic
  • 5 g chopped parsley
  • sea salt
Put the roughly chopped garlic, chopped parsley and a pinch of sea salt in a mortar.
Garlic and parsley paste in a mortar
Pound with the pestle to a paste-like texture.
  • 30 ml extra virgin olive oil
Mix 2 tablespoons of olive oil into the paste.
  • 90 ml extra virgin olive oil
Heat a large fry pan over medium heat with 1 third cup of olive oil.
  • 6 whole cod fillets
Pat the cod fillets completely dry on paper towels.
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
Season the cod with sea salt and black pepper on both sides.
Lay the fillets in the hot oil in a single layer, skin side down, and cook about 6 minutes total, 4 minutes on the skin side and 2 on the flesh side.
Remove the cod and set aside.
In the same pan at the same heat, add the sliced garlic and the crushed red pepper and stir continuously.
  • 6 cloves garlic
  • ¼ tsp crushed red pepper
Saute 1 to 2 minutes until fragrant and lightly browned, without browning it too far.
  • 15 ml fresh lemon juice
  • 5 g chopped parsley
  • sea salt
  • freshly cracked black pepper
Turn off the heat, add the lemon juice, chopped parsley, sea salt and black pepper and mix.
Return the fillets to the pan skin side down and spoon the pan sauce over each one.
Finishing in the pan
  • fresh lemon
Spoon the garlic and parsley paste over each fillet and serve out of the pan, garnished with fresh lemon.