DAD'S BAKED STUFFED COD

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Categories     Fish     Mushroom     Bake     Dinner

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 10

Cod - between 3/8lb and 1/2lb per person in two fillets roughly the same size
Stuffing Ingredients:
Parsley - 1 TB dry or 3 TB fresh - chopped
thyme - 1/4 tsp
onion - small diced
black pepper - 12 twists
a little cream or milk
breadcrumbs (plain, not seasoned) 1/2 to 1 cup
1/2 lb mushrooms, chopped
butter

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450F Find baking dish large enough to hold fish with space around it (if fish is crowded into too small a pan, the pieces of fish touching each other or the sides of the pan, fish will poach and not bake) Butter baking dish; Arrange bottom fillets in dish. (Top fillets should be same size) Fold thinner tail ends over until they approximate thicker part of fillets. Saute onions in a tbspn butter until translucent; add mushrooms; sauté until they shrink somewhat. Add breadcrumbs until there is enough stuffing to cover bottom fillet about 1/4" to 3/8", continue sauteing until crumbs are slightly browned. Add parsley, pepper, thyme. Add enough cream until mixture sticks together but is not wet. Mix well over heat. Put the stuffing mixture on the bottom fillet; add top layer of cod; toothpick layers together. Dot top of fish with butter. Add a film of water to bottom of baking dish (1/16th" or less) Cover dish with foil for the first 8 minutes of baking to keep fish moist. Remove foil and continue baking - total baking time will be about 10 minutes for each 1" of total thickness of fish with stuffing. Test with fork. If fork easily goes through both layers of fish, fish is done. Love, Dad

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