Baked Cod
Ingredients
Directions
The book gives no oven temperature. The 350°F (175°C) in the steps was added when the recipe was transcribed, as a starting point. The book gives no cooking times either; the times in the steps were added in transcription, so check for doneness rather than trusting the clock.
Prepare
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
Clean the cod and place it in a baking dish.
Sprinkle the cod with coarse sea salt.
Add enough water to cover the bottom of the dish.
Bake
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Cod
- Forms the main body of the dish, cooking into moist, flaky flesh when baked gently.
- Coarse sea salt
- Seasons the fish directly and helps draw out surface moisture for a firmer texture.
The step that matters
Baking until the fish flakes. Cod turns dry and tough once overcooked, so checking for easy flaking with a fork helps catch it when the flesh is just opaque and moist.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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