This recipe is ideal for a special dinner for two. You just need about 30 minutes for preparation time and 30 minutes for the cooking time. Yes, it’s not an easy-and-fast food but it surely is a delicious delicacy.
Here are the ingredients you need:
Spice Rub
- 1 ½ tsp cracked black pepper
- 3 tsp smoked paprika
- 3 tsp garlic powder
- 3 tsp saffron strands or ground turmeric
Sausages
- Fresh parsley leaves
- 1 finely chopped garlic clove
- 400g boiled potatoes that were halved after peeling
- 2 pork sausages
- 2 tbsp olive oil
Cod
- 1 tsp flour
- Turbot, halibut, sardines, herrings, or bass
- 2 150g-thick cod fillets or other fish
- 25g butter
Other Ingredients
- Balsamic vinegar
Cooking Procedure:
First Step: Prepare the spice rub by placing all the ingredients in a pestle and mortar. Grind these ingredients until perfectly fine. About ¼ of the spice rub will be used. You can store the left over in a jar for up to one month.
Second Step: Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a frying pan and add the sausages when the oil is already hot. Cook the sausages for about 10 minutes. Don’t forget to turn the sausages occasionally for even cooking.
Third Step: Add the remaining 1 tsp of olive oil and the potatoes in the pan. The potatoes should be turned from time to time until they are lightly brown in color.
Fourth Step: Remove the cod skin and discard.
Fifth Step: Transfer the sausages to a plate when these are already cooked.
Sixth Step: Put the garlic in the frying pan together with the potatoes. Lessen the heat and stir garlic and potatoes in the pan. Transfer the potatoes to a plate. Remove the pan from the heat and remove left over garlic using a kitchen paper. Heat the pan again.
Seventh Step: Put the spice rub you mixed earlier in a bowl and add into it the flour—mix together.
Eight Step: Coat the cod fillets with the mixed spice rub. Cook the cod fillet in the same pan used for cooking the sausage. Just add some butter and put the cod when the pan is already hot. Cook the cod until golden brown.
Ninth Step: Transfer the potatoes to the mixing bowl and add to it the chopped parsley. Cut the sausages at an angle and add to the mixing bowl.
Tenth Step: Transfer the cod into a plate when already cooked.
Eleventh Step: Pour away the oil from the pan and wipe the pan with a kitchen paper. Heat the pan again and pour the vinegar. Reduce the vinegar after some minutes so it will form a good thick glaze.
Twelfth Step: Serve the Mediterranean delicacy by painting the thick glaze of vinegar onto the plate. After that, place the sausage and potato mixture on the plate and add the cod. It’s up to you how you will serve it as long as it will look deliciously tempting.
