I hadn’t made a fish dish in a while and the habit
of making one every Friday seems to have disappeared lately so tonight I decided
on Thai-flavoured fish with fried kale and baby potatoes. Do you
ever go through a phase of always making something and then, for no particular
reason, you just stop?! Then, you think “Oh,
I haven’t made that in ages!”. Well, Donegal Catch was a staple in our
house for a long time a few years ago and then I just got out of the habit of
making it. I’m not really sure why. Maybe it was because I started to find my
feet in the kitchen but most likely I probably gave Dear Husband a ‘wild tear’
of it so he got fed-up. Too much of a good thing and all that. Either way, it
might re-emerge in the future again as a regular favourite. For tonight though,
he was going to have something a little bit different.
In Rachel’s cookbook, there are three recipes for Fish en papillote and I had made the
other two a while back (Salmon with mascarpone and peas and then Salmon with
tomato and basil) so I just had the third one to make. I started off by grating
fresh root ginger into a bowl and then added soy sauce, lemon juice and soft
light brown sugar. Next, I chopped two scallions and added them in before
giving them a swirl. The recipe said to add the piece of cod and let it
marinate for 15 minutes so while that was doing that, I stuck on some baby
boiled potatoes to cook. After the 15 minutes were up, I set the cod onto a
piece of parchment paper, poured over the marinade, added a small bit of black
pepper and folded it up into a parcel. Into the oven it went for 12 minutes. At
about the 7-minute mark, I took a large frying pan, added olive oil and chopped
kale and seasoned it to fry for about 5 minutes until it had started to brown
slightly. Then, I served up the lot.
I wasn’t sure how this dish was going to go at all
but Dear Husband awarded it a very impressive 9 marks out of 10. I was
impressed myself at how easy it was to make and, like so many other recipes in
the cookbook, I would never have put this one together without its influence.
It was extremely easy and quick to make. From my quick research, I discovered
that cod is also an excellent source of protein, omega-3 fats and nutrients
such as potassium, selenium, phosphorus and B vitamins so if you needed six
reasons to eat it, there you are!
Unsurprisingly, this recipe has made The List and,
just in case you thought your mammy was only making it up, fish is definitely ‘brain
food’ and there’s lots of research out there to prove it. So, next time you’re
wondering what to make for dinner, bypass the sausages, bacon or steak and head
to the fish counter instead. Your brain will thank you for it…
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