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Baked cod with a tangy topping recipe

Baked cod with a tangy topping recipe

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A healthy cod recipe baked and topped with a smoky olive, pesto, tomato and pepper mix. Scatter with a final flourish of fresh parsley to lift the dish and add a herby hit. This simple recipe is quick to cook and utterly delicious. See method

  • Serves 4
  • 5mins to prepare and 12mins to cook
  • 219 calories / serving
  • Healthy
  • Dairy-free

Ingredients

  • 4 x 150g cod or haddock fillets
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 large yellow pepper
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 4 peeled plum tomatoes
  • 1tbsp (20g) red pesto
  • 8 stoned black olives, sliced
  • pinch saffron strands, optional
  • 1tsp smoked paprika
  • handful parsley leaves, chopped
  • salt, to taste
  • pepper, to taste
If you don't have haddock, try using another white fish

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    920kj
    219kcal     11%

  • Fat

    8g 11%

  • Saturates

    1g 4%

  • Sugars

    6g 6%

  • Salt

    0.7g 12%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 6.6g Protein 21.9g Fibre 0.3g

Method

A healthy cod recipe baked and topped with a smoky olive, pesto, tomato and pepper mix. Scatter with a final flourish of fresh parsley to lift the dish and add a herby hit. This simple recipe is quick to cook and utterly delicious.

  1. Preheat oven to 190C and dry the fish on kitchen paper. Brush a non-stick baking tray with a little of the oil and sit the fish fillets on the brushed area.
  2. In a small non-stick frying pan, fry the de-seeded and chopped yellow pepper over medium heat for 10 minutes until softened and slightly tinged gold, then add the peeled, chopped garlic and stir for a minute. Add the tomatoes (no juice), pesto, saffron and paprika and stir for 2 minutes, then stir in the olive slices and chopped parsley, plus seasoning to taste.  Cook for a further minute then spoon the mixture onto the tops of the fish fillets. Bake for 12 minutes or until fish is just cooked through and topping is bubbling.
  3. Try serving each portion with 100g Tesco Lighter Choices straight cut oven chips and 80g steamed green beans – adds 196 calories.

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