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Cod, Leeks, And Corn

If you serve this hot, accompany the fish with little new potatoes baked with herbs, or perhaps with a hot spicy corn bread. This dish is particularly good cold because the natural gelatin in the fish helps thicken the garlic-cream sauce.

Courses: Main Course
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

4 tablespoons 60mlOlive oil
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
2 lbs 908g / 32ozCod steaks - - (4 ea at 1 1/2" thick)
2   Leeks - with part of the (large) green, sliced crosswise
2 tablespoons 30mlFinely-chopped fresh basil
1 cup 237mlFish stock
1/2 cup 118mlDry white wine
2   Garlic cloves - minced
1/3 cup 78mlHeavy cream
1 1/2 cups 93g / 3.3ozFresh sweet corn kernels cut from the cob - (abt 3 ears)

Recipe Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375F

Heat the oil in a heavy skillet that you can put in the oven. Season the cod steaks and sear them quickly on both sides. Remove and reserve the steaks.

Add the leeks to the pan and saute for 5 to 8 minutes until soft. Add the basil, fish stock, and white wine, bring to the simmer. Put the cod on top of the leeks, cover the skillet tightly with foil, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes, until the fish is fork tender. Remove the steaks to a serving platter and keep warm.

While the fish is baking, simmer the garlic in the cream for 10 minutes. Then add the cream to the fish stock and reduce the liquid by half. Add the corn kernels and simmer 2 or 3 minutes, then pour the mixture over the cod.

Source:
CRAZY FOR CORN by Betty Fussell (c) 1995 Harper-Collins, New York, NY - 238 pages - $16.00 As reprinted in the Jul/Aug, 1996 issue of Cookbook Digest

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