Name: Braised cod with butter beans & mint
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 27 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 2 x 290g 'No Catch....just cod ' boneless fillets, skin on (4 fillets in total); 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 bunch spring onions; large pinch saffron strands; 2 garlic cloves chopped; 400g can butter beans rinsed and drained; 600ml fresh fish stock; small handful mint leaves, chopped; 8 thick slices baguettes toasted; 2 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche (optional)

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Braised cod with butter beans & mint

Braised cod with butter beans & mint

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 12 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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2 x 290g 'No Catch....just cod

' boneless fillets, skin on (4 fillets in total)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 bunch spring onions
large pinch saffron

strands
2 garlic cloves

chopped
400g can butter beans

rinsed and drained
600ml fresh fish stock
small handful mint

leaves, chopped

To serve

8 thick slices baguettes

toasted
2 tbsp half-fat crème fraîche

(optional)

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal229
fat7g

low
saturates1g
carbs10g
sugars2g
fibre4g
protein32g
salt2.01g

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Check the cod for bones and remove if necessary. Heat the oil in a flameproof casserole, add the spring onions, saffron and garlic, then cook over a low heat for 1-2 mins until soft.
step 2

Add the butter beans and stock, then bring to the boil and season. Nestle the cod, skin-side up, into the butter beans, then cover and cook in the oven for 10 mins, or until the cod is just done. Lift from the oven and check the seasoning. Add the mint just before serving.
step 3

To serve, put 2 slices of toasted baguette in a bowl, top with butter beans and cod (pulling away the skin if you want) then spoon the cooking juices around the fish. Finish with a dollop of crème fraîche.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2006

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