Creamy Grilled Cod with Watercress Sauce
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 30 mins
This is pure comfort food: meaty chunks of cod tucked up in a creamy leek and watercress sauce and bubbled under the grill and served with plenty of buttery mash. It’s what autumn eating is all about.
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757 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 500g potatoes
  • 1 leek
  • 100g watercress
  • 45g butter
  • 1 tbsp cornflour
  • 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard
  • 227ml single cream
  • 100ml full cream milk
  • 2 cod fillets
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  • Sea salt
  • Freshly ground pepper
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Put a large pan of salted water on to boil. Peel and chop the potatoes into small chunks. When the water is boiling, add the potatoes and simmer for 20 mins till soft.

  • 2.

    While the potatoes simmer, trim the end and top 3cm off the leek then slice a cross in the tops. Rinse out any grit. Finely slice the leek. Pick any thick stalks out of the watercress. Finely chop the watercress. Heat your grill to high.

  • 3.

    Warm a pan over a medium heat. Add 1 tbsp of the butter and the leeks with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook and stir for 10 mins till the leek has softened. Stir 1 tbsp cornflour into the pan. Cook and stir for 1 min.

  • 4.

    Add 1 tbsp wholegrain mustard to the pan. Pour in the cream and 100ml of the milk. Add the watercress. Bring to the boil, stirring to wilt the watercress, then take off the heat.

  • 5.

    Roughly chop the cod fillets into bite-size chunks. Pop them in a heatproof dish. Spoon over the creamy watercress mix. Grill for 10-12 mins till golden and bubbling.

  • 6.

    While the cod grills, drain the potatoes well, then tip back into the pan and add the rest of the butter with a pinch of salt. Mash till smooth.

  • 7.

    Scoop the mash into bowls and top with the grilled cod and watercress sauce.

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