BRAISED PEAS WITH BACON, LENTILS & COD

Braised peas with bacon, lentils & cod image

Peas are in season in June and are delicious fresh, but frozen ones often have just as much taste

Provided by Barney Desmazery

Categories Dinner, Lunch, Main course, Supper

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

25g butter
4 sustainable cod fillets, about 100g/4oz each, skin on
2 tbsp olive oil
4 thick slices of back bacon , cut into matchsticks
300g shelled pea (fresh or frozen)
410g can lentil , drained and washed
2 lemons , 1 juiced, 1 quartered
large handful mint leaves, roughly chopped

Steps:

To make the pea braise, heat half the olive oil in a shallow saucepan, then sizzle bacon for 5 mins until crisp. Turn the heat down, add the peas to the pan, then cover and braise for 8-10 mins until peas are tender (about 5 mins if you're using frozen peas). Add the lentils to the peas and cook until heated, then remove from heat and dress with lemon juice, seasoning and a bit more olive oil, if necessary. Just before serving, stir through the mint.
Meanwhile, heat the butter in a frying pan until frothy, then add the fish, skin-side down, and cook for 4 mins until the skin is crisp and the fish almost cooked. Flip the fillets over and cook for 1 min. Divide the peas between 4 plates and top with fish. Drizzle with olive oil and serve with a wedge of lemon.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 372 calories, Fat 19 grams fat, SaturatedFat 7.7 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 18 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 3 grams sugar, Fiber 5 grams fiber, Protein 34 grams protein, Sodium 2.7 milligram of sodium