Cod with cheese is a tasty dietary dish that is suitable not only for lunch or dinner, but also looks great on a festive table.
Cooking this dish is quite simple, so even novice hostesses can handle it.
Cod with cheese - the basic principles of cooking
Prepare a fillet or steak dish. To do this, the fish is thawed, cut off the fins and washed under running water. Then dry with a paper towel. Cod is thrown with salt and spices from all sides, sprinkled with freshly squeezed lemon juice and left for some time.
Then the pickled fish is transferred to a heat-resistant form and spread onion rings on top. Abundantly sprinkled with cheese chips and sent to the oven for half an hour.
Cod is served with a side dish of potatoes or cereals.
If you cook cod with cheese with vegetables, you get a full-fledged independent dish. For this dish you can use any vegetables.
In addition, cod with cheese is cooked in white or tomato sauce. It turns out the fish with gravy.
Recipe 1. Delicate cod with cheese
Ingredients
- hard cheese;
- cod steaks;
- three onions;
- lemon;
- freshly ground black pepper.
Method of preparation
1. Frozen steaks are completely thawed. We cut the fins with kitchen scissors and wash the fish under running water. Drain them with a napkin. Cod seasoned with salt and freshly ground pepper from both sides. Sprinkle with freshly squeezed lemon.
2. Remove the peel from the onion and cut it into rings. Lubricate the deep form with oil and spread a layer of onion rings on the bottom. Put cod steaks on top. On the fish lay onion rings.
3. Coarsely rubbed cheese and sprinkle them with plenty of fish. We put the form with cod in the oven for half an hour. Cooking at 180 degrees. Served with vegetable side dish or salad.
Recipe 2. Cod with cheese and shrimps in cream sauce
Ingredients
- olive oil;
- 200 g large peeled shrimp;
- ground white pepper;
- liter of fish stock;
- salt;
- 100 g butter;
- 45 g fresh parsley;
- 50 g of flour;
- 400 g cod fillets;
- 120 g of cheese;
- 100 ml dry white wine;
- fat culinary cream - 100 ml.
Method of preparation
1. Preheat the oven to 200C. Heat resistant form oil.
2. Wash cod fillet, pat dry and cut into cubes.
3. Pour the fish broth into a deep saucepan and set on fire. Put the fish in boiling broth, roll the fire and cook for a couple of minutes.
4. Remove the cod with a slotted spoon and put it into shape. Season with salt, pepper and cover to keep the fish warm.
5. Put the pan on high heat, put the butter in it and melt. Pour the flour and cook, stirring vigorously, for a couple of minutes.
6. Continuously stirring, add two glasses of fish broth to the pan. Pour in the wine and keep on the fire, stirring for about three minutes. Now enter a thin stream of cream, not stopping stirring. Pepper, salt and cook another minute.
7. Remove the sauce from the plate. Pour all the grated cheese, leaving a couple of spoons for sprinkling. Put in the shrimp sauce and fresh parsley. Fill them with cod in the form. Sprinkle with the left cheese.
8. Put the fish form into the oven and bake for about ten minutes, until an appetizing cheese crust forms on top. Sprinkle the prepared dish with chopped greens and serve with homemade bread.
Recipe 3. Cod with cheese and cauliflower
Ingredients
- kilogram of cod fillet;
- cauliflower head;
- olive oil;
- 200 g of cheese;
- four onions;
- an egg;
- two carrots;
- milk - 150 ml;
- two tomatoes.
Method of preparation
1. Heat the oven to 190 degrees. Peel carrots and grind on a coarse grater. Free the onions from the husk and finely chop. Fry the vegetables in a heated frying pan in olive oil until golden brown. Put vegetable frying on the bottom of the form in an even layer. 2. Rinse, dry, and cut the cod fillet into medium slices. Spread the fish on the roasted vegetables in a thick layer. Pepper, salt and place in the oven for 15 minutes.
3. Disassemble cauliflower into florets, and boil it in lightly salted water for about ten minutes. Drain, slightly cool the vegetable and cut it into small pieces.
4. Pour the milk into the deep plate and add the egg to it. Lightly season with salt and pepper. Whisk until smooth.
5. Remove the fish from the oven, spread the cauliflower on top. Form the contents of the egg-milk mixture. Top with sliced tomatoes. Sprinkle with cheese.
6. Put in the oven for half an hour. The cheese should melt and redden.
Recipe 4. Cod in cheese sauce
Ingredients
- four pieces of cod fillet, 180 g each;
- ground black pepper;
- 200 g cheddar cheese;
- salt;
- 25 g wholegrain mustard;
- 75 ml of heavy cream.
Method of preparation
1. Heat oven to 200C. We check cod fillets for small bones. If they are, gently remove with tweezers. We wash the fish under the tap, dry it with a napkin.
2. Lubricate the heat resistant form with oil. Spread cod fillet in it with the pelt down. Pepper and salt.
3. Cheese finely rubbed. Put it in a bowl, add mustard and cream. Stir. It should be pasty mass. Pech, salt and mix well again.
4. Put the cheese mass on the fish fillet. Place the cod mold in the oven for 20 minutes to make the fish soft. Served hot with a side dish.
Recipe 5. Cod with cheese and tomatoes
Ingredients
- two cod fillets;
- fresh greens;
- ground pepper and salt;
- cheese - 100 g;
- ten Cherry tomatoes;
- mustard - 10 g;
- fat sour cream - 125 g.
Method of preparation
1. Thaw cod fillets in the refrigerator, rinse and dry them with napkins. If there are small bones, gently remove them. 2. Cut the fish into pieces, pepper and salt. Stir and shift to a deep heat-resistant form.
3. We put cherry tomatoes in boiling water for a couple of minutes. We take out with a skimmer and place it under a stream of cold water. Remove the thin skin and cut them in half. Spread tomatoes over the fish.
4. Put sour cream in a deep bowl, add mustard and three tablespoons of cream to it. Whisk thoroughly. We rub cheese on an average grater. Add it to the cream sauce and mix. The resulting mass is laid out on top of fish and tomatoes.
5. We send cod to the oven for 25 minutes. We bake at 180 degrees. The dish should be covered with an appetizing crust. Served with vegetable garnish.
Recipe 6. Cod with cheese and potatoes
Ingredients
- cod fillets - 400 g;
- sunflower oil - 60 ml;
- half a lemon;
- mayonnaise - 100 g;
- salt;
- cheese - 120 g;
- six potatoes.
Method of preparation
1. Cod wash under running water, dip with a towel and cut into pieces. Sprinkle the fish with freshly squeezed lemon juice and leave for five minutes.
2. Peel potatoes. Wash well and boil until soft. Drain the broth, and cool the vegetable.
3. Chop the cheese on a medium grater. Grease a deep pan with butter. Put cod into it, smooth it out. Top with sliced boiled potatoes. Brush with mayonnaise and sprinkle with cheese.
4. Place in preheated oven 200C for 20 minutes. As soon as the dish is covered with a ruddy crust, take out a baking sheet with fish and sprinkle with chopped greens.
Recipe 7. Cod with cheese in soy sauce
Ingredients
- 600 g cod fillets;
- 70 g of cheese;
- onion;
- three cloves of garlic;
- lemon juice;
- 100 ml of olive oil;
- salt;
- 100 ml of soy sauce;
- a mixture of peppers;
- dried dill.
Method of preparation
1. Cod fillets are checked for the presence of small bones, if there is a need, we clean the fish from them with tweezers. Rinse the fillet under running water and dry. Cut into pieces, four centimeters thick. Fold the cod into a bowl. Pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice and salt. 2. Onion, peeled from the husk, chop into half rings and add to the fish. Season with dried dill and pour soy sauce. Bowl with cod tighten the film and leave to marinate for an hour.
3. Grind cheese on a medium grater. We clean the chives and squeeze them through the garlic press.
4. Cod pieces are fried in flour and fried in heated olive oil until golden brown. Then turn over, fry a couple more minutes. For each slice of fish put a little garlic and smear it.
5. Sprinkle each piece of cheese shavings, twist the fire to the minimum and cover the pan with a lid. Fry until the cheese melts. Serve cod with potato garnish.
Cod with Cheese - Tips and Tricks
- To make the cod juicy, lightly sprinkle it in a little water to which you can add white wine.
- For cooking, take chilled, not frozen cod fillets.
- To get rid of the peculiar smell of fish, sprinkle it with lemon juice or soak briefly in white wine.
- If you are cooking fish under cheese sauce, cook it on the basis of fat sour cream.
